Question

You want to compare the temperature sensitivity of people's right and left hands. You gather a group of volunteers, have each volunteer perform a sensitivity test with each hand, and collect data for each person. Which of the following statements is true?

This is a double-blind study.

This is a matched-pairs situation, since the right and left hand samples are not independent.

This is an observational study.

Differences between the two hands are most likely due to the placebo effect.

This is a comparative randomized design

Answer 1

A. This is a matched pair situation, since right and left hand are not independent.

Explanation:

You gather a group of volunteers, have each volunteer perform a sensitivity test with each hand, and collect data for each person.

A. This is a matched pair situation, since right and left hand are not independent.

The matched pair platform compares the results between two or more correlated variables and assess the differences.