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To test whether a special soap works as advertised, Bob has 5 people washtheir hands with the soap and 5 people wash their hands with regular soap.The people who washed with the special soap have cleaner hands, so Bobsays that the soap works. What is Bob doing?A. Gathering dataB. Making an inferenceC. Drawing a conclusionD. Making a hypothesis

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In this case, Bob makes an experiment where he tests the performance of this special soap comparing it to a regular soap.

He gathers data by taking a sample for each soap and comparing the results.

Based on the results, he concludes that the soap works

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