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The document outlines an experimental design for testing garlic oil as a bird deterrent to protect crops from European starlings, detailing the treatments, experimental units, and response measurement. It also includes multiple-choice questions related to experimental design concepts, such as the placebo effect and methods for establishing cause-and-effect relationships. Additionally, it discusses sampling methods used in surveys.

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SP Exp Design Day 1

The document outlines an experimental design for testing garlic oil as a bird deterrent to protect crops from European starlings, detailing the treatments, experimental units, and response measurement. It also includes multiple-choice questions related to experimental design concepts, such as the placebo effect and methods for establishing cause-and-effect relationships. Additionally, it discusses sampling methods used in surveys.

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AP Statistics: Unit 3 – Exp Design Day 1

Name: _________________________________ Date: ____________________ Period: __________


Practice: Experimental Design Day 1
1. Agricultural experts are trying to develop a bird deterrent to reduce costly damage to crops in the United
States. An experiment is to be conducted using garlic oil to study its effectiveness as a nontoxic,
environmentally safe bird repellant. The experiment will use European starlings, a bird species that causes
considerable damage annually to the corn crop in the United States. Food granules made from corn are to be
infused with garlic oil in each of five concentrations of garlic —0 percent, 2 percent, 10 percent, 25 percent,
and 50 percent. The researchers will determine the adverse reaction of the birds to the repellant by
measuring the number of food granules consumed during a two-hour period following overnight food
deprivation. There are forty birds available for the experiment, and the researchers will use eight birds for
each concentration of garlic. Each bird will be kept in a separate cage and provided with the same number of
food granules.

(a) For the experiment, identify


i. the treatments

ii. the experimental units

iii. the response that will be measured

(b) After performing the experiment, the researchers recorded the data shown in the table below.

i. Construct a graph of the data that could be used to investigate the appropriateness of a linear
regression model for analyzing the results of the experiment.

ii. Based on your graph, do you think a linear regression model is appropriate? Explain.
AP Statistics: Unit 3 – Exp Design Day 1

Multiple Choice Prep


2. In a study of Parkinson’s disease, 100 volunteers had incisions made through their skulls. The patients
were randomly sorted into two groups, one of which had a new drug inserted into the brain. In the
other group, the skulls were closed with no treatment given. The patients did not know who received
the drug. In the weeks to follow all 100 volunteers showed similar improvement in physical condition.
What is this an example of?

(A) The effect of a treatment unit (B) The placebo effect (C) The control group effect
(D) Sampling Error (E) Voluntary response bias

3. 50 migraine patients are randomly selected from hospital records. Half of the patients are told to drink
ice water and sit in the dark when they next experience a migraine; the remaining patients are told to
use neither of these possible remedies. Participants then report back as to relief, if any. Faults of this
experimental design include all of the following except:
(A) Lack of randomization
(B) Confounding variables
(C) Lack of blinding
(D) Unclear factor levels
(E) Measurement of response variable

4. Which of the following is most useful in establishing cause-and-effect relationships?


(A) A complete census
(B) A least-squares regression line showing high correlation
(C) A simple random sample (SRS)
(D) A well-designed, well-conducted survey incorporating chance to ensure a representative sample
(E) A controlled experiment

5. Which of the following is most important in minimizing the placebo effect?


(A) Replication and randomization
(B) Replication and blinding
(C) Randomization and blinding
(D) Randomization and a control
(E) Blinding and control

6. A bank wishes to survey its consumers. The decisions is made to randomly pick ten customers who just
have checking accounts, ten customers who just have savings accounts, and then ten customers who
have both checking and savings accounts. This procedure is an example of which type of sampling?

(A) Cluster (B)Convenience (C) Simple random


(D) Stratified (E) Systematic

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