An Experiment Has Been Designed to Study the Effectiveness of a New

question 46

Multiple Choice

An experiment has been designed to study the effectiveness of a new diet on weight gain for use with
anorexic individuals. The diet is available in both a solid and a liquid form.
The two new diets and a standard control diet were randomly assigned to 15 women and 15 men. Thus,
each of the 3 diets was assigned to 5 men and 5 women. The weight gains attained after 12 weeks were
recorded for each of the participants and the corresponding averages are summarized in the following
B B'
-The degrees of freedom for error are:

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Definitions:

Colon

A part of the large intestine that absorbs water and salts from food remnants, turning them into solid waste for excretion.

Ultrasound

The noninvasive therapeutic or diagnostic use of very high frequency sound waves for examination of internal body structures.

High-Frequency Sound Waves

Sound waves with frequencies higher than those audible to humans, used particularly in medical imaging and diagnostics.

Echoes

The sounds reflected back to the source by an obstruction, helping in determining the location of objects through echolocation or used in diagnostic tools like ultrasounds.