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crazycityslicker · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

A researcher has conducted an experiment to test the effectiveness of a drug that she thinks will elevate the mood of depressed individuals. The results of a statistical analysis is that the experimental and control groups differ, but not by very much. This experiment may lack:

a. the proper motivation
b. scientific significance.
c. the proper methodology.
d. practical value.

Question 2

According to the chapter, just because a study might have found that blood pressure statistically changed following treatment, it does not necessarily mean:

a. participants will continue to receive treatment.
b. that blood pressure was accurately measured.
c. the change is meaningful.
d. the change is permanent.