A researcher wishes to test a new drug developed to treathypertension (high bloo

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A researcher wishes to test a new drug developed to treathypertension (high blood pressure). A group of 40 hypertensive menand 60 hypertensive women is to be used. The experimenter randomlyassigns 20 of the men and 30 of the women to the placebo andassigns the rest to the treatment. The major reason for separateassignment for men and women is that
a) it is a large study with 100 subjects
b) the new drug may affect men and women differently
c )the new drug may affect hypertensive and nonhypertensive peopledifferently
d t)his design uses matched pairs to detect the new-drug effect
e )there must be an equal number of subjects in both the placebogroup and the treatment group
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b) the new drug may affect men and women differently

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