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OSWALD

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on: Jul 24, 2018
The 10th percentile of a set of measurements is the value which exceeds 90 of the measurements and is less than the remaining 10 of the measurements.
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 2

An experiment is designed to study the effect diet has on the uric acid level. Thirty people are used for the study. Fifteen are randomly selected and given a junk-food diet. The other fifteen received a high-fiber, low-fat diet. Uric acid levels of the two groups are determined. Do the resulting sets of data represent dependent or independent samples? Explain.


miss.ashley

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Reply #1 on: Jul 24, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

The resulting sets of data represent independent samples. The two samples are from two separate unrelated sets of fifteen people.


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