Comparing weight-loss treatments

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Question: Comparing weight-loss treatments Twenty overweight females have agreed to participate in a study of the effectiveness of four weight-loss treatments: A, B, C, and D. The researcher first calculates how overweight each subject is by comparing the subject's actual weight with her "ideal" weight. The subjects and their excess weights in pounds are as follows:

The response variable is the weight lost after 8 weeks of treatment. Previous studies have shown that the effects of a diet may vary based on a subject's initial weight.

(a) Explain why a randomized block design would be better than a completely randomized design in this setting.

(b) Should researchers form blocks of size 4 based on subjects' last names in alphabetical order or by how overweight the subjects are? Explain.

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