A university conducted a study to determine whether flipped classrooms or traditional classrooms were more effective for teaching Statistics. The university has 8 different Statistics courses, and 4 instructors; each instructor teaches 2 courses.

a. Describe how the university could conduct a matched pairs experiment to compare flipped classrooms vs. traditional classrooms on these 8 courses. Who/what are the pairs in this experiment?

b. Explain, in the context of this study, the benefit of conducting the experiment using matched pairs instead of as a completely randomized design. Use one or two sentences.

c. Suppose the university finds a flipped classroom is significantly more effective than a traditional classroom. How would you describe this result to a nonstatistician? Use one or two sentences