Distinguish Between an Observational Study and an Experiment

question 9

Multiple Choice

Distinguish Between an Observational Study and an Experiment
-A medical researcher obtains a sample of adults suffering from diabetes. She randomly assigns 52 people to a treatment group and 52 to a placebo group. The treatment group receives a medication over a period of three months and the placebo group receives a placebo over the same time frame. At the end of three months the patients symptoms are evaluated.

• A) experiment
• B) observational study

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