A study was developed to evaluate effectiveness of a weight loss diet plan. An ad was placed in two towns to locate study participants who were to follow the diet. In Town A, the clinicians asked each dieter to report how much weight they had lost over the previous 6 weeks while following the diet. In Town B, the clinicians weighed each dieter at the beginning of the study and again after 6 weeks on the diet program. The weight lost was calculated as the difference between the beginning weight and the weight after 6 weeks. At the end of the study, it was determined that Town B had lost significantly less weight than Town A. 1.What is the population of interest in this situation? 2. Identify source(s) of bias in this study.
A study was developed to evaluate effectiveness of a weight loss diet plan. An ad was placed in two towns to locate study participants who were to follow the diet. In Town A, the clinicians asked each dieter to report how much weight they had lost over the previous 6 weeks while following the diet. In Town B, the clinicians weighed each dieter at the beginning of the study and again after 6 weeks on the diet program. The weight lost was calculated as the difference between the beginning weight and the weight after 6 weeks. At the end of the study, it was determined that Town B had lost significantly less weight than Town A.
1.What is the population of interest in this situation?
2. Identify source(s) of bias in this study.
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