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Give an example of a prospective study and a retrospective study. Explain why an observational study is more appropriate then an experiment to measure the correlation between music education and good grades. What are non-attitudes and how do they affect polls?
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How do we design an experiment? Homework #29: Read Chapter 13, #3-5 ODD, 917 ODD (Discuss important questions as a group and add points from your discussion.) Homework #30: Read Chapter 13, #1-2, #19-23
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What is the observational study in the video and why is this better then conducting an experiment in this case? What is a randomized comparative experiment? How was this conducted in the video? What are the aspects of a well designed experiment?
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An experiment is a study design that allows us to prove a cause-and-effect relationship. In an experiment, the experimenter must identify at least one explanatory variable, called a factor, to manipulate and at least one response variable to measure. An experiment: Manipulates factor levels to create treatments. Randomly assigns subjects to these treatment levels. Compares the responses of the subject groups across treatment levels.
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In an experiment, the experimenter actively and deliberately manipulates the factors to control the details of the possible treatments, and assigns the subjects to those treatments at random. The experimenter then observes the response variable and compares responses for different groups of subjects who have been treated differently.
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In general, the individuals on whom or which we experiment are called experimental units. When humans are involved, they are commonly called subjects or participants. The specific values that the experimenter chooses for a factor are called the levels of the factor. A treatment is a combination of specific levels from all the factors that an experimental unit receives.
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When the experimental group is not a representative sample of the population of interest, we might want to replicate an entire experiment for different groups, in different situations, etc.
Replication of an entire experiment with the controlled sources of variation at different levels is an essential step in science.
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Independent Practice
Were planning an experiment to see whether the new pet food is safe for dogs to eat. Well feed some animals the new food and others a food known to be safe, comparing their health before and after that time period. In this experiment, how will you implement the principles of control, randomization, and replication?
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