Multiple choice: Select the best answer for Exercises 87 to 94. Can changing diet reduce

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Multiple choice: Select the best answer for Exercises 87 to 94. Can changing diet reduce high blood pressure? Vegetarian diets and low-salt diets are both promising. Men with high blood pressure are assigned at random to four diets: (1) normal diet with unrestricted salt; (2) vegetarian with unrestricted salt; (3) normal with restricted salt; and (4) vegetarian with restricted salt. This experiment has (a) one factor, the type of diet. (b) two factors, high blood pressure and type of diet. (c) two factors, normal/vegetarian diet and unrestricted/ restricted salt. (d) three factors, men, high blood pressure, and type of diet. (e) four factors, the four diets being compared.

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Multiple choice: Select the best answer for Exercises 87 to 94. Can changing diet reduce high blood pressure? Vegetarian diets and low-salt diets are both promising. Men with high blood pressure are assigned at random to four diets: (1) normal diet with unrestricted salt; (2) vegetarian with unrestricted salt; (3) normal with restricted salt; and (4) vegetarian with restricted salt. This experiment has (a) one factor, the type of diet. (b) two factors, high blood pressure and type of diet. (c) two factors, normal/vegetarian diet and unrestricted/ restricted salt. (d) three factors, men, high blood pressure, and type of diet. (e) four factors, the four diets being compared.

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Given,

The four diets = (1) normal diet with unrestricted salt.

   (2) vegetarian with unrestricted salt.

   (3) normal with restricted salt.

   (4) vegetarian with restricted salt.

We have to determine the number of factors this experiment has:

 

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