Professor Rose Was Asked to Design an Experiment to Test

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Essay

Professor Rose was asked to design an experiment to test whether obese people would lose weight on a new diet plan. Professor Rose is not a methodologist. She asked for your help: You immediately told her that the selected design would have to be sensitive to the issues of statistical regression, diffusion or imitation of treatment, compensatory rivalry, and demoralization. Professor Rose said, "I don't understand." Explain these issues to her.​

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