An Experiment That Forces Rats to Take a Particular Direction

question 22

Multiple Choice

An experiment that forces rats to take a particular direction at a junction in a maze and then observes the differences in times between the rats that went left to those who went right is a(n) _____ study.

• A) observational
• B) longitudinal
• C) experimental
• D) None of the above

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Definitions:

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