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Medicine A pharmaceutical company conducts an experiment
Chapter 2, Problem 9E(choose chapter or problem)
Medicine A pharmaceutical company conducts an experiment in which a subject takes 100 mg of a substance orally. The researchers measure how many minutes it takes for half of the substance to exit the bloodstream. What kind of variable is the company studying?
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Medicine A pharmaceutical company conducts an experiment in which a subject takes 100 mg of a substance orally. The researchers measure how many minutes it takes for half of the substance to exit the bloodstream. What kind of variable is the company studying?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
The variable in question can be quantified in terms of minutes, and there do not exist arbitrary levels the variable could take. Thus, the variable is said to be quantitative.