The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

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

Chapter 9 - Producing Data: Experiments - Chapter 9 Exercises - Page 248: 9.33c

Answer

This study could be conducted as a randomized comparative experiment. However, it is not practical.

Work Step by Step

The difficulties would be cost since the researchers would have to randomly relocate people near cities and to places far from a highway. There is also an ethical concern because if the study does prove that living near a highway causes an faster increase in the artery walls then it would be concerning to relocate people near a highway.
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