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Experimental DesignTeam 29

“Oat Bran Reduces Cholesterol”

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Prove if eating oat bran reduces cholesterol in males and females

Cholesterol =

Population- People with high cholesterol everywhere.

Sample-500 patients who have high cholesterol.

Subjects

Gather 1000 patients with cholesterol equal to or above 240 Mg/Dl

Number patients 0-1000 Using a random number generator, produce

500 unique numbers The 500 numbers selected correspond to the

500 subjects receiving a treatment

Selection of Patients

Treatment A is experimental group 8 oz of Oat bran every day for a month

Treatment B is control group No oat bran

Treatments

The 500 patients’ number will be randomly entered into a random number generator

250 numbers will be chosen They will receive Treatment A The other 250 will receive Treatment B

Treatments

Blocking will be done by separating genders before random assignment.

Cholesterol has different effects in men and women.

Blocking will allow the tester to compare reductions in cholesterol per gender.

Blocking is used

500 patients with high

cholesterol

Treatment A (oat bran)

Treatment B (no oat bran)

Compare reduction in cholesterol

MenTreatment A (oat bran)

Treatment B (no oat bran)

Compare reduction in cholesterol

Blinding is not necessary The results are not

opinionated The results are quantitative

numbers that will be collected through medical tests done by authorized doctors.

Blinding

A placebo is not necessary There is no need to change the perception of

the subjects because the results of treatments will not be opinion based.

Giving the patients something else to eat, even though it is not oat bran, may skew the results.

Placebo

The variable that will be measured and compared is the cholesterol level of patients before and after the month of eating or not eating oat bran.

Dividing the patients into gender allows for a useful comparison to see if there is any change in cholesterol level within males or females

Variables

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