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Read the following description of an experiment.\newlineA massage therapist has received complaints that the fragrance of her massage oil is unpleasant. She is testing whether a new oil will improve each clients' experience.\newlineThe massage therapist randomly sorts her clients into two groups. She massages 55 clients from the first group with the new oil and 55 from the other group with her usual oil. She asks all 1010 clients to rate their massages.\newlineIs this experiment statistically well designed?\newlineChoices:\newline[A]yes\newline[B]no

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Q. Read the following description of an experiment.\newlineA massage therapist has received complaints that the fragrance of her massage oil is unpleasant. She is testing whether a new oil will improve each clients' experience.\newlineThe massage therapist randomly sorts her clients into two groups. She massages 55 clients from the first group with the new oil and 55 from the other group with her usual oil. She asks all 1010 clients to rate their massages.\newlineIs this experiment statistically well designed?\newlineChoices:\newline[A]yes\newline[B]no
  1. Identify Treatment: Identify the treatment in the experiment.\newlineThe new oil is the treatment being tested.
  2. Check Treatment Group: Check for a treatment group.\newlineThere are 55 clients receiving the new oil, which is the treatment group.
  3. Check Control Group: Check for a control group.\newlineThere are 55 clients receiving the usual oil, which serves as the control group.
  4. Random Assignment: Determine if the groups were randomly assigned.\newlineThe clients were randomly sorted into two groups.
  5. Statistical Design: Decide if the experiment is statistically well designed.\newlineSince there's a treatment group, a control group, and random assignment, the experiment seems well designed.

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