The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 18 - Inference in Practice - Chapter 18 Exercises - Page 435: 18.35

Answer

The first guideline is level C, the second guideline is level A, and the third guideline is level B.

Work Step by Step

The second guideline is clearly the strongest evidence, as it comes from rigorous testing with good experimental setup and thus gives results that are very likely true. The first guideline is the weakest evidence, as the poor experimental setup invalidates any conclusions from those studies. The third guideline is in the middle, since expert opinion could be fallible compared to rigorous clinical trials, but experience is probably better than poor statistics.
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