Identify the Study as an Observational Study or a Designed

question 36

Multiple Choice

Identify the study as an observational study or a designed experiment.
-A political pollster reports that his candidate has a 10% lead in the polls with 10% undecided.

• A)Designed experiment
• B)Observational study

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