Determine Whether the Study Is an Observational Study or an Experiment

question 19

Multiple Choice

Determine whether the study is an observational study or an experiment.
-A medical researcher obtains a sample of adults suffering from diabetes. She randomly assigns 67 people to a treatment group and 67 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
Patientsʹ symptoms are evaluated.

• A)experiment
• B)observational study

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