Question

Eight male and eight female college students who have credit cards were surveyed and asked their total credit card debt. The responses are given below in dollars: Males 1000 2100 900 1200 1300 500 1400 700 Females 1300 500 2000 1800 1300 1000 2600 1400

Is this an observational study or a designed experiment?

Answer 1

Observational study.

Explanation:

In an observational study, the data is calculated but there are no experiments to change anything.

In a designed experiment, an experiment is applied to a group of people and it's effects are studied.

In this problem, we have that:

Male and female college students give their total credit card debt. There are no experiments to change anything. So it is an observational study.