Determine Whether the Study Depicts an Observational Study or an Experiment

question 74

Multiple Choice

Determine whether the study depicts an observational study or an experiment
-A medical researcher obtains a sample of adults suffering from diabetes. She randomly assigns 95 people to atreatment group and 95 to a placebo group. The treatment group receives a medication over a period of threemonths and the placebo group receives a placebo over the same time frame. At the end of three months thepatientsʹ symptoms are evaluated.

• A) experiment
• B) observational study

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