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Based on the Olestra Potato Chip Experiment, Match the Following

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Matching

Based on the Olestra potato chip experiment, match the following letters to the number with which they best correspond.

Premises:

Responses:

Olestra.

Observation

A set of people got regular potato chips.

The variable

1,100 people between the ages of thirteen and thirty-eight were asked to watch a movie and eat potato chips.

Prediction

Olestra causes intestinal cramps.

Experiment

Percentages are about equal. Therefore, Olestra is not the cause of intestinal cramps observed in some people who have ingested Olestra-containing food.

Experimental group

A subset of people got Olestra-containing chips.

Hypothesis

Some people complained of intestinal problems after eating chips containing Olestra.

Conclusion

In the control group, 17.6% of people get cramps later, while in the experimental group, 15.8% of people get cramps later.

Control group

People who eat potato chips with Olestra will be more likely to get intestinal cramps than those who eat potato chips made without Olestra.

Assess results

Premises:

Olestra.

A set of people got regular potato chips.

1,100 people between the ages of thirteen and thirty-eight were asked to watch a movie and eat potato chips.

Olestra causes intestinal cramps.

Percentages are about equal. Therefore, Olestra is not the cause of intestinal cramps observed in some people who have ingested Olestra-containing food.

A subset of people got Olestra-containing chips.

Some people complained of intestinal problems after eating chips containing Olestra.

In the control group, 17.6% of people get cramps later, while in the experimental group, 15.8% of people get cramps later.

People who eat potato chips with Olestra will be more likely to get intestinal cramps than those who eat potato chips made without Olestra.

Responses:

Observation

The variable

Prediction

Experiment

Experimental group

Hypothesis

Conclusion

Control group

Assess results

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

Olestra.

A set of people got regular potato chips.

1,100 people between the ages of thirteen and thirty-eight were asked to watch a movie and eat potato chips.

Olestra causes intestinal cramps.

Percentages are about equal. Therefore, Olestra is not the cause of intestinal cramps observed in some people who have ingested Olestra-containing food.

A subset of people got Olestra-containing chips.

Some people complained of intestinal problems after eating chips containing Olestra.

In the control group, 17.6% of people get cramps later, while in the experimental group, 15.8% of people get cramps later.

People who eat potato chips with Olestra will be more likely to get intestinal cramps than those who eat potato chips made without Olestra.