A Controlled Test of a Hypothesis, in Which the Researcher

question 166

Multiple Choice

A controlled test of a hypothesis, in which the researcher manipulates one variable in order to discover its effect on another variable, is called a(n) :

• A) correlational study.
• B) experiment.
• C) survey.
• D) single-blind study.

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