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Question Match each situation with the type of study that is most likely to be used.(8 points) Put responses in the correct input to answer the question. Select a response, navigate to the desired input and insert the response. Responses can be selected and inserted using the space bar, enter key, left mouse button or touchpad. Responses can also be moved by dragging with a mouse. Sarah tallies the number of students who chose different lunch options one day at lunch. Giving a 5-question questionnaire to your classmates. A drug manufacturer wants to test their new drug by using a group of people to be the treatment group and the other is a control group. You are doing a study at a mall in which you are counting the number of people that wash their hands after using the restroom. A drug is given to 15 patients and a placebo to another group to determine its effect on an illness. You want to know the g-forces a person would experience during a fall from a 90 foot high bridge into a lake. Subjects are randomly assigned to a treatment group and a control group. You need data on the average number of hours worked per week by an American teenager with a part-time job.

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Here are the situations matched with the most appropriate type of study:

  1. Sarah tallies the number of students who chose different lunch options one day at lunch.
    Type of study: Observational Study

  2. Giving a 5-question questionnaire to your classmates.
    Type of study: Survey

  3. A drug manufacturer wants to test their new drug by using a group of people to be the treatment group and the other is a control group.
    Type of study: Experimental Study

  4. You are doing a study at a mall in which you are counting the number of people that wash their hands after using the restroom.
    Type of study: Observational Study

  5. A drug is given to 15 patients and a placebo to another group to determine its effect on an illness.
    Type of study: Experimental Study

  6. You want to know the g-forces a person would experience during a fall from a 90 foot high bridge into a lake.
    Type of study: Experimental Study

  7. Subjects are randomly assigned to a treatment group and a control group.
    Type of study: Experimental Study

  8. You need data on the average number of hours worked per week by an American teenager with a part-time job.
    Type of study: Survey

Please adjust accordingly based on the specific classifications you have in your material since terms might vary slightly.