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Question 196913: This was a question from a quiz and I didn't know how to answer it. Can someone please help?


Label each of the following as an observational or experimental study.
For the experimental study state the control group and the treatment group.
a. A manager divides her staff into two groups. One group is allowed to work from home, while the other continues working from their offices. The manager then measures which group is more productive.
b. A researcher finds that people living within 500 feet of power lines have a higher incidence of cancer than those living more than 500 feet from power lines


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A. This is experimental because this is an experiment.
office-control
home-treatment
B. observational because the researcher made an observation about the people near power lines.