Question

Determine whether the study depicts an observational study or a designed experiment. A researcher obtained a random sample of 100 smokers and a random sample of 100 nonsmokers. After interviewing all 200 participants in the study, the researcher compared the rate of depression among the smokers with the rate of depression among nonsmokers. A. Observational study. B. Designed experiment

Answer 1

A. Observational study

Step-by-step explanation:

An observational study measures the characteristics of a population by studying individuals in a sample, but does not attempt to manipulate or influence the variables of interest.

A designed experiment applies a treatment to individuals (referred to as experimental units or subjects) and attempts to isolate the effects of the treatment on a response variable.

Hence, we can see that proposed study is observational.