To study the effect of cigarette smoking on platelet aggregation re- searchers drew blood samples from 11 individuals before and after they smoked a cigarette and measured the percentage of blood platelet aggregation. This study can be found in Levine, P. H. (1973). An acute effect of cigarette smoking on platelet function, Circulation, 48, 619-623. The variables are: percentage of blood platelet aggregation before smoking percentage of blood platelet aggregation after smoking