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Chapter 14, Problem 37(choose chapter or problem)
Exercises 37 through 40 refer to the following story: The manufacturer of a new vitamin (vitamin X) decides to sponsor a study to determine the vitamins effectiveness in curing the common cold. Five hundred college students having a cold were recruited from colleges in the San Diego area and were paid to participate as subjects in this study. The subjects were each given two tablets of vitamin X a day. Based on information provided by the subjects themselves, 457 of the 500 subjects were cured of their colds within 3 days. (The average number of days a cold lasts is 4.87 days.) As a result of this study, the manufacturer launched an advertising campaign based on the claim that vitamin X is more than 90% effective in curing the common cold.a) Describe as specifically as you can the target populationfor the study. (b) Describe the sampling frame for the study. (c) Describe the sample used for the study
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Exercises 37 through 40 refer to the following story: The manufacturer of a new vitamin (vitamin X) decides to sponsor a study to determine the vitamins effectiveness in curing the common cold. Five hundred college students having a cold were recruited from colleges in the San Diego area and were paid to participate as subjects in this study. The subjects were each given two tablets of vitamin X a day. Based on information provided by the subjects themselves, 457 of the 500 subjects were cured of their colds within 3 days. (The average number of days a cold lasts is 4.87 days.) As a result of this study, the manufacturer launched an advertising campaign based on the claim that vitamin X is more than 90% effective in curing the common cold.a) Describe as specifically as you can the target populationfor the study. (b) Describe the sampling frame for the study. (c) Describe the sample used for the study
ANSWER:Step 1 of 3
Consider the given story that provides insight to an analysis.
(a) Observe that the target population for the study consists of those people who are suffering from cold and agrees to try vitamin X that is claimed to cure the cold.