Suppose That a Study Were to Estimate the Effect of Public

question 6

Multiple Choice

Suppose that a study were to estimate the effect of public smoking bans by looking at the rates of smoking across states over time when some of those states adopt smoking bans.The study takes which approach?

• A) time series analysis
• B) cross-sectional regression analysis
• C) a randomized trial
• D) a quasi-experiment

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