Identify the Study as an Observational Study or a Designed

question 4

Multiple Choice

Identify the study as an observational study or a designed experiment.
-An educational researcher used school records to determine that, in one school district, 84% of children living in two-parent homes graduated high school while 75% of children living in Single-parent homes graduated high school.

• A)Designed experiment
• B)Observational study

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