A researcher claims to have found a drug that causes people to grow taller. The coach of

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A researcher claims to have found a drug that causes people to grow taller. The coach of the basketball team at Brandon University has expressed interest but demands evidence. Over 1000 Brandon students volunteer to participate in an experiment to test this new drug. Fifty of the volunteers are randomly selected, their heights are measured, and they are given the drug. Two weeks later, their heights are measured again. The power of the test to detect an average increase in height of 1 inch could be increased by

(a) using only volunteers from the basketball team in the experiment.

(b) using a = 0.01 instead of a = 0.05.

(c) using a = 0.05 instead of a = 0.01.

(d) giving the drug to 25 randomly selected students instead of 50.

(e) using a two-sided test instead of a one-sided test.

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The Practice Of Statistics

ISBN: 9781464108730

5th Edition

Authors: Daren S. Starnes, Josh Tabor

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