The FDA Is considering a study to compare a new chemotherapy to the standard chemotherapy for subjects with breast cancer. Forty randomly selected breast cancer patients from a clinic in rural Minnesota were assigned to the new chemotherapy and forty patients from a clinic in Houston, Texas, were assigned to the standard chemotherapy. Which one of the following problems can be fixed by randomly allocating patients to chemotherapy type? O Clinic location is confounded with chemotherapy type. O The researchers are not blinded to the chemotherapy treatments. O The patients are likely to have different responses to chemotherapy. O The 80 subjects are not representative of all cancer patients.

The FDA Is considering a study to compare a new chemotherapy to the standard chemotherapy for subjects with breast cancer. Forty randomly selected breast cancer patients from a clinic in rural Minnesota were assigned to the new chemotherapy and forty patients from a clinic in Houston, Texas, were assigned to the standard chemotherapy. Which one of the following problems can be fixed by randomly allocating patients to chemotherapy type? O Clinic location is confounded with chemotherapy type. O The researchers are not blinded to the chemotherapy treatments. O The patients are likely to have different responses to chemotherapy. O The 80 subjects are not representative of all cancer patients.

Holt Mcdougal Larson Pre-algebra: Student Edition 2012

1st Edition

ISBN:9780547587776

Author:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Publisher:HOLT MCDOUGAL

Chapter11: Data Analysis And Probability

Section11.5: Interpreting Data

Problem 1C

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