INTRO.STATISTICS,TECH.UPDT.(LOOSELEAF)
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Chapter 1.1, Problem 16E
Vasectomies and Prostate Cancer. Refer to the vasectomy/ prostate cancer study discussed in Example 1.5 on page 6.
- a. How could the study be modified to make it a designed experiment?
- b. Comment on the feasibility of the designed experiment that you described in part (a).
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INTRO.STATISTICS,TECH.UPDT.(LOOSELEAF)
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