The third week he drinks large amounts of water the

The second week, he gives up meat. The third week he
drinks large amounts of water. The fourth week, he eats just bananas. He continues to vary his
approach each week. At the end of eight weeks, he concludes that his best weight loss comes from
exercise.

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3. A physician is intrigued by a new medication that has been developed for sleep disturbance, but he is
concerned about its expense relative to the medication he usually prescribes. He decides to evaluate
the success of the medication. He determines that the next 20 patients who complain of sleep problems
will help him establish the effectiveness of the medication. Once he identifies the complaint, the
physician slips out of the room and tosses a coin. If it comes up “ heads,” he prescribes the new
medication. If it comes up “tails,” he prescribes the medication he previously prescribed.
continues this procedure until he has 10 patients in each condition. At the end of a three-month period,
he asks his patients to report the degree of improvement on a ten-point scale. He discovers that the
new medication provides no real advantage over the4 older, less expensive medication.
He
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