5. What do you think the original hypothesis was and do you support it? Take a l

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5. What do you think the original hypothesis was and do you support it?

Take a look at the data chart below and answer the questions which follow. This is data from arn experiment measuring weight gain in fish with respect to various diet supplements. Fish are arranged into 3 groups with 8 fish each. Fish in group 1 were fed standard fish food with no supplements added. Fish in group 2 were fed standard fish food with supplement #1 added. Fish in group 3 were fed standard fish food with supplement #2 added. Fish were fed in ponds over the course of 6 months. Assume all fish were two pounds when the project began Group 1 16 pounds Group 2 32 29 Group 3 32 18 Fish # 10 18 19 13 15 13 20 35 32 39 30 30 21 21 4 30 1. What are the dependent and independent variables in this project? 2. What is the purpose of group 1? 3. Why not just use 1 fish per group? 4. Calculate an average weight for each group 5. What do you think the original hypothesis was and do you support it? 6. Are there any design flaws in this experiment? If so what are they? There are no right or wrong answers for this question. It is just what you think.

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Hypothesis: With the addition of supplements, there is weight gain among the fishes.

The reason why this hypothesis came up is the comparative analysis of the two groups that were provided with supplements with respect to the control group (without supplements). There was a drastic change in the gain of weight among the fishes in both the groups. This means that the hypothesis that weight gain is possible through supplemnts is food is true. Therefore, the hypothesis is accepted.

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