A university vice president for academic affairs (VPAA) collects ...

[Zulu123]

A university vice president for academic affairs (VPAA) collects data showing the number of papers published over the past academic year for a random sample of professors in the College of Arts and Sciences. He does the same for a random sample of 8 professors in the College of Education, and for a random sample of 10 professors in the College of Business. Does this represent a designed experiment? Explain.

Question 2

Each specific level of a factor (or, in multiple-factor experiments, the interaction of a level of one factor with a level of another factor) is referred to as a(n) ___________________ _.
 Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

[Jbrasil]

Answer to Question 1

No; This is not a random experience since the university VPAA has no control over which professors are in a particular college. The professors were not randomly assigned to the colleges.

Answer to Question 2

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[Zulu123]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[ecabral0]

Gracias!