Your mother claims that she has found a wonderful new treatment for her arthritis. she read "somewhere" that rubbing vinegar int
o the affected area for 10 minutes twice a day would help. she tried this and is convinced that her arthritis has been lessened. she now thinks that the medical community should recommend this treatment. what alternative explanation(s) might you offer to your mother for why she feels better? how would you explain to her that her evidence is not sufficient for the medical/ scientific community?
An alternative explanation might be that simply, rubbing the affected area makes it feel better, regardless of whether she is rubbing vinegar. Her evidence is not sufficient for the medical/scientific community because it was not gathered using the scientific method.
<h2>The potential problems with samples discussed in Section 1.2 that could explain this connection are as below:
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A mere correlation between two variables is often incapable of clarifying whether or not one variable is influencing the other.
It would not be feasible to consider that the crime rate is dependent on or influence higher education or vice versa.
Hence, from the information available of mere correlation, a conclusion cannot be drawn about the existence of the influence of variables on each other as there are many other factors that go unnoticed or are deliberately left out.
The correct answer is random assignment refers to researchers allocation of participants to groups by chance, to reduce the likelihood that an experiment results will be due to preexting differences between groups.
Explanation:
Random assignment is a tecnhique of choosing or allocating persons or resources to different groups.