A 10-Year Study of Low-Birth-Weight Babies Is Performed to Determine

question 49

Multiple Choice

A 10-year study of low-birth-weight babies is performed to determine if birth weight affects IQ and performance in elementary school. Children are identified in hospitals at birth and their performance is tracked until they are 10 years old. This type of study is a(n) :

• A) comparative experiment.
• B) experiment with compounding variables.
• C) observational study.
• D) retrospective study.

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