Explain the Difference Between an Observational Study and an Experiment

question 43

Essay

Explain the difference between an observational study and an experiment.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of values, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean of the data.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test used to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, commonly the mean.

Sample Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a set of sample data points.