Question

Select the correct answers from the lists.(1 point)
Decide whether the following case study is an observational or experimental study and explain your reasoning.



The Hawthorne Study aimed to understand how different working conditions affected how well employees did their jobs. Researchers changed things such as lighting and break times at a factory called Western Electric Hawthorne Works and watched how worker performance changed. The key findings showed that employees did better because they felt observed and valued rather than because of the specific changes. This is known as the Hawthorne Effect—when individuals change their behavior in response to being studied.





This is an
I know this because the study involved

Answer 1

This is an experimental study.

I know this because the researchers actively changed working conditions (lighting, break times) and observed the effect on worker performance — i.e., they manipulated variables rather than just observing them.