When Some Subjects Exit the Experiment Before It Is Completed

question 28

Multiple Choice

When some subjects exit the experiment before it is completed and this effects the results of the study, this is an example of a _____.

• A) mortality effect
• B) history effect
• C) instrumentation effect
• D) confounding effect

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Definitions:

Multinomial Population

A population in a statistical model where outcomes can fall into three or more categories.

Normal Population

A population in which the data follows a normal distribution, characterized by a bell-shaped curve.

Binomial Population

A population in which each member has only two possible outcomes or states, typically referred to as a success or failure.

Goodness-Of-Fit Test

A statistical method employed to assess the alignment between observed data and its predicted distribution.