Omega-3, finis Exercises 21 and 23 describe an experi-ment investigating the effectiveness of omega-3 fats in treating bipolar disorder. Suppose some of the 30 sub-jects were very active people who walked a lot or got vig-orous exercise several times a week, while others tended to be more sedentary, working office jobs and watchinga lot of TV. Why might researchers choose to block thesubjects by activity level before randomly assigning themto the omega-3 and placebo groups?

Omega-3, finis Exercises 21 and 23 describe an experi-ment investigating the effectiveness of omega-3 fats in treating bipolar disorder. Suppose some of the 30 sub-jects were very active people who walked a lot or got vig-orous exercise several times a week, while others tended to be more sedentary, working office jobs and watchinga lot of TV. Why might researchers choose to block thesubjects by activity level before randomly assigning themto the omega-3 and placebo groups?

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