What is the advantage and disadvantage of using 100 subjects

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Insomnia, at last

Exercises 3, 2, and 1 describe an experiment investigating the effectiveness of exercise in combating insomnia. Suppose some of the 40 subjects had maintained a healthy weight, but others were quite overweight. Why might researchers choose to block the subjects by weight level before randomly assigning some of each group to the exercise program?

Exercise 1:
Insomnia again. Exercises 3 and 2 describe an experiment investigating the effectiveness of exercise in combating insomnia. Researchers randomly assigned half of the 40 volunteers to an exercise program.

a) Why was it important to randomize in deciding who would exercise?

b) What would be the advantages and disadvantages of using 100 subjects instead of 40?

Exercise 2:
Insomnia. Exercise 3 describes an experiment that showed that getting exercise helped people sleep better. The experiment involved other groups of subjects who didn't exercise. Why didn't the experimenters just have everyone exercise and see if their ability to sleep improved?

Exercise 3:
Is diet or exercise effective in combating insomnia? Some believe that cutting out desserts can help alleviate the problem, while others recommend exercise. Forty volunteers suffering from insomnia agreed to participate in a month-long test. Half were randomly assigned to a special no-desserts diet; the others continued desserts as usual. Half of the people in each of these groups were randomly assigned to an exercise program, while the others did not exercise. Those who ate no desserts and engaged in exercise showed the most improvement.

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