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Determine whether the following scenario fits an observational study.
Your teacher is trying to find the best way to teach fractions, and so they teach half the class using a traditional method and the other half of the class using hand-held fraction representations.
Option #1: Yes, an observational study is the best.
Option #2: No, an observational study is not the best.
Your teacher is trying to find the best way to teach fractions, and so they teach half the class using a traditional method and the other half of the class using hand-held fraction representations.
Option #1: Yes, an observational study is the best.
Option #2: No, an observational study is not the best.
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Option #2: No, an observational study is not the best.
This scenario describes an experimental study because the teacher actively intervenes by using two different teaching methods and assigning them to two groups of students. In an observational study, researchers would observe subjects without manipulating any variables. Since the teacher is controlling the teaching methods being used, this is classified as an experiment rather than an observational study.
This scenario describes an experimental study because the teacher actively intervenes by using two different teaching methods and assigning them to two groups of students. In an observational study, researchers would observe subjects without manipulating any variables. Since the teacher is controlling the teaching methods being used, this is classified as an experiment rather than an observational study.