i know this is math, but.. You want to find out whether a sports drink or plain water is better for an athlete. You have several friends on the field hockey team and the soccer team. You conduct an experiment at practice one day. You give the field hockey players the plain water and the soccer players the sport drink. Did you run a controlled experiment? Why or why not? i know this is math, but.. You want to find out whether a sports drink or plain water is better for an athlete. You have several friends on the field hockey team and the soccer team. You conduct an experiment at practice one day. You give the field hockey players the plain water and the soccer players the sport drink. Did you run a controlled experiment? Why or why not? @Mathematics

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i know this is math, but.. You want to find out whether a sports drink or plain water is better for an athlete. You have several friends on the field hockey team and the soccer team. You conduct an experiment at practice one day. You give the field hockey players the plain water and the soccer players the sport drink. Did you run a controlled experiment? Why or why not?  i know this is math, but.. You want to find out whether a sports drink or plain water is better for an athlete. You have several friends on the field hockey team and the soccer team. You conduct an experiment at practice one day. You give the field hockey players the plain water and the soccer players the sport drink. Did you run a controlled experiment? Why or why not?  @Mathematics

chriss · Answer

I would say no.  It's a guess, but my reason would be that two different games would have different conditions.  Having half the members of one team drink water and half drink the sports drink would ensure that all of the participants were subjected to as close to the same conditions as you could make it.

anonymous · Answer

No you didnt because you did no have a placebo. Thats what I would think. His is more explained ^