You Lead a Product-Testing Unit for a Large Sports Nutrition

question 7

Multiple Choice

You lead a product-testing unit for a large sports nutrition company. Your team has conducted forty trials of a new energy supplement but you are not sure if the results are conclusive enough to urge the company to start producing it. A new data analyst has joined your team suggesting that meta-analysis might be a good idea, do you agree?

• A) No, because the forty trials were identical and tested the same research question we cannot calculate an average significance for the new supplement.
• B) No, because the forty trials were identical and tested the same research question we cannot calculate an average effect size for the new supplement.
• C) Yes, because the forty trials were identical and tested the same research question and therefore we can calculate an average significance for the new supplement.
• D) Yes, because the forty trials were identical and tested the same research question and therefore we can calculate an average effect size for the new supplement.

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Definitions:

Carbohydrates

Organic compounds, including sugars, starches, and cellulose, which are a major source of energy for the body.

Basal Metabolic Rate

The amount of energy per unit time that a person needs to maintain the functioning of their body at rest.

Set Point

A theory suggesting that an individual's body weight is maintained around a biologically predetermined point.

Set Point

A theory suggesting that an individual's body weight is regulated at a predetermined, or preferred, level by a feedback control mechanism.