https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc en-us 2017-11-06 15:51:09 UTC 2025-10-22 21:16:47 UTC hello@padlet.com klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203948425 Will a weight loss pill be an effective tool for losing weight?]]> 2017-11-06 15:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203948425 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203949794 We found 200 people from the Phoenix area that weigh between 150-250 lbs and put them on a strict diet and give them the weight loss pill.]]> 2017-11-06 15:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203949794 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203951023 100 subjects were given a weight loss pill to take with breakfast every morning and the other 100 subjects were given a sugar pill to take with breakfast every morning.]]> 2017-11-06 15:56:23 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203951023 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203952057 our explanatory variable was which treatment each unit received, with or without the weight loss pill.]]> 2017-11-06 15:57:48 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203952057 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203953250 At the end of the two months, we recalculated the weight loss of each individual]]> 2017-11-06 15:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203953250 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203953862 The control group is the 100 people put on the sugar pill]]> 2017-11-06 16:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203953862 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203957544 We found 200 people signed up for the same diet plan and we numbered them all using a random number table to select the 100 people in each group. Potential lurking variables are the height, muscle mass, metabolic rates.]]> 2017-11-06 16:06:00 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203957544 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203960072 This experiment will be a blind experiment because the subjects will not know whether they are taking a sugar pill or the weight loss pill. The experiment will not be double blind because the people conducting the experiment know which pill is which.]]> 2017-11-06 16:09:39 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203960072 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203960972 We selected the subjects by working with a weight loss program to choose 200 people to use.]]> 2017-11-06 16:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203960972 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203961540 We will replicate this study with 200 new subjects, to confirm the results are valid and significant. We will find another weight loss program and study a different 200 people.]]> 2017-11-06 16:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203961540 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203963678 In this experiment both groups of 100 were split by gender. 50 of the subjects will be men and 50 will be women in each group.]]> 2017-11-06 16:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203963678 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203964518 With a sample size of 200 our margin of error is 7.07%. The low margin is good because that means we will have less mistakes.]]> 2017-11-06 16:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203964518 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203965492 After the study is conducted, the average weight went from 144 to 139. The average weight for the drug group went from 134 to 126 meaning they lost around 8 pounds. The placebo group only lost 2 pounds overall, the weight drug worked.]]> 2017-11-06 16:17:58 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203965492 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203965534 We randomized 200 and the results and the randomized difference in the results was 6 pounds. Thus meaning the results are statistically significant because this couldn't be achieved by random chance.]]> 2017-11-06 16:18:01 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203965534 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203965665 Our results were used for the company selling this weight loss pill to begin changing lives eveyrwhere. People all around the world are losing weight and this data was posted in a Men's health journal.]]> 2017-11-06 16:18:12 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203965665 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203965771 2017-11-06 16:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/203965771 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/204432538 2017-11-07 16:17:11 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/204432538 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/204432603 2017-11-07 16:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/204432603 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/204432605 2017-11-07 16:17:17 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/204432605 klrun430 https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/204671545 2017-11-08 04:38:34 UTC https://padlet.com/klrun430/46qagdn5y7bc/wish/204671545