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bachelor in business administration
Polytechnic State University Sanluis
Jan-2006 - Nov-2010
CPA
Polytechnic State University
Jan-2012 - Nov-2016
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Harvard Square Academy (HS2)
Mar-2012 - Present
Twenty students agreed to participate in a study on colds. Ten were randomly assigned to receive vitamin C, and the remaining 10 received a tablet that looked and tasted like vitamin C but in fact contained only sugar and flavoring. The students did not know whether they were taking vitamin C or not, but the investigators did. The students were followed for 2 months to see who came down with a cold and who didn’t. Explain whether each of the following terms applies to this randomized experiment.
a. Placebo.
b. Single-blind.
c. Double-blind.
d. Matched pairs.
e. Repeated measures.
f. Replication.
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