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A study to compare two methods of preserving wood started with boards of souther

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Question

A study to compare two methods of preserving wood started with boards of southern white pine. A researcher collected 20 boards of southern white pine from several wood working shops. Each board was ripped from end to end to form two pieces. Then, a randomly selected piece among the two was assigned to Method A; the other to Method B. What is the name of this study design?

a. A block design

b. A matched Pair design

c. A probability sampling design

d. A completely randomized design.

Please explain why one is correct and the others are not.

Explanation / Answer

A completely randomised design ,option 4 is correct. Because this design is randomly selected.

A block design is wrong because ,there is not available blocks.