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ISBN: 9781260722031

Author: Navidi

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Publishing Co.

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Statistics is the study of data collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation. Statistical bias is a characteristic of a statistical technique or its findings in which the expected value deviates from the actual root quantitative p…

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Chapter 1.3, Problem 14E

In Exercise 11â€”16, determine whether the statement is true or false. If the statement is false, rewrite it as a true statement.

Observational studies are generally more reliable than randomized experiments.

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In Exercise 11â€”16, determine whether the statement is true or false. If the statement is false, rewrite it as a true statement. Observational studies are generally more reliable than randomized experiments.

Solution Summary: The author explains that observational studies are more reliable than randomized experiments because the researcher does not assign the treatments to the subjects.

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