A Researcher Tests Whether the Dosage Level of Some Drugs

question 30

Multiple Choice

A researcher tests whether the dosage level of some drugs (low,high) causes significant differences in health.To do this,the researcher randomly assigns rat subjects to receive a low or high dosage of the drug and records health-related measures in both groups.The type of method described is

• A) experimental.
• B) quasi-experimental.
• C) correlation.
• D) operational.

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