Jorge is conducting an comparative experiment where he is comparing the heights of adults who grew up taking a certain

vitamin and adults who did not. He finds that those who took vitamins are, on average, 2 cm taller. What is a major limitation of

his experiment?

Large amounts of information can be gathered.

It is repeatable.

He can not show definitively that vitamins cause a person to be taller.

No relationship can be shown between vitamins and height.

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Ann Berger

6 May, 22:28

Jorge is conducting an comparative experiment where he is comparing the heights of adults who grew up taking a certain

vitamin and adults who did not. He finds that those who took vitamins are, on average, 2 cm taller. What is a major limitation of

his experiment?

Large amounts of information can be gathered.

It is repeatable.

He can not show definitively that vitamins cause a person to be taller.

No relationship can be shown between vitamins and height.

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Alexis Krause · Answer 1

He can not show definitively that vitamins cause a person to be taller.

No relationship can be shown between vitamins and height

Explanation:

The experiments must contain larger sample sizes (N ≥ 200) in order to have statistically significant results which enable to establish causal associations. In this case, it is expected that the experimental results are the product of chance alone