Question

While Joey was working in the lab, he developed what he thinks to be a cure for cancer. He tested the medicine on one cancer patient, and the patient becomes cancer-free within hours. Joey tried to publish his results, but the scientific journal will not accept his article. Why?
A) Joey stole the information from another laboratory.
B) He only tested one subject, so his conclusion is not valid.
C) There is no cure for cancer so Joey must not be telling the truth.
D) Scientific journals do not want to publish articles on medical breakthroughs.

Answer 1

He only tested one subject, so his conclusion is not valid.

Answer 2

Answer:B) He only tested one subject, so his conclusion is not valid.

Explanation:

In a research study the sample size is most considerable element. More the sample size the reliable will be the outcome of the experiment. Thus considering only one sample for research can lead to incorrect or false results.

Here, in the given study only one sample size is taken into consideration thus the conclusion is not valid and the research study cannot be published in the journal.