Identify the Following as an Experiment or an Observational Study

question 18

Essay

Identify the following as an experiment or an observational study.
-The card game bridge is played by four players. Each person plays with a person who sits opposite of them. In
duplicate bridge there are many tables of four players at which hands are being played simultaneously. Each
east-west pair moves around the different tables so that they play a few hands against each north-south pair.
One evening there are 40 players. The director would like to select a random sample of 10 players from those
playing that evening. .He interrupts play at 8 pm and announces that all those currently seated in the east
position have been chosen to win free entry to an upcoming tournament

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