Refer to the information provided in Table 21.1 below to answer the questions that follow.
Table 21.1
A study to determine the effect that the weight of an average 6 ft. tall man has on the incidence of Type 2 diabetes was conducted in a small town. The six participants and their corresponding weights are listed in the table.
-Related to the Economics in Practice on p. 405: Refer to Table 21.1. When using regression discontinuity, if this study had a threshold of 180 pounds, the outcomes of which individuals would be compared?

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Refer to the information provided in Table 21.1 below to answer the questions that follow.
Table 21.1
  A study to determine the effect that the weight of an average 6 ft. tall man has on the incidence of Type 2 diabetes was conducted in a small town. The six participants and their corresponding weights are listed in the table.
-Related to the Economics in Practice on p. 405: Refer to Table 21.1. When using regression discontinuity, if this study had a threshold of 180 pounds, the outcomes of which individuals would be compared?

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Regression discontinuity compares outcomes of individuals near a threshold, so only individuals whose weights are on either side of the threshold of 180 pounds would be compared. In this case, only Franklin and Darius have weights that straddle the threshold.

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