Review of a study

Review this study and briefly answer the questions (1 to 3 sentences for each answer).

  1. Review this study

Lu, C., Toepel , K., Irish, R., Fenske, R. A., Barr, D. B., & Bravo, R. (2006). Organic diets
significantly lower children's dietary exposure to organophosphorus
pesticides. Environmental health perspectives 114 (2), 260 263.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1367841/

  1. Briefly answer these questions

What was the experimental design?

  • Sample size? Age range? The setting of the study? How was the data collected ?
    What was the result?
  • Was the result consistent with the hypothesis? (the hypothesis is eating organic diet lowers children’s dietary
    exposure to pesticides.)
  • Did the p values less than 0.05 after statistical analysis? What does it mean when p value is less than 0.05?
    Any limitations of this study? (list at least one)

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