Building on Prior Research to Study a Possible Causal Relationship

question 48

Multiple Choice

Building on Prior Research To study a possible causal relationship between smoking and lung cancer,
Researchers start with human ____ studies and then progress to
Animal ____ studies.

• A)experimental; experimental
• B)experimental; quasi-experimental
• C)quasi-experimental; experimental
• D)correlational; quasi-experimental

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Definitions:

Single-Blind

An experimental design where the participants do not know which group (control or experimental) they belong to, but the researchers do.

Experimental Group

In an experiment, the group of subjects who are exposed to the variable under study, allowing researchers to determine the effect of the variable.

Control Group

In an experiment, the group that does not receive the treatment or intervention being tested, serving as a benchmark to measure how the other tested subjects do.

Field Research

The collection of raw data outside a laboratory, library, or workplace setting, directly from the environment or a specific situation.