Question

A social scientist wishes to determine whether there is a relationship between the attractiveness scores (on a 100-point scale) assigned to college students by a panel of peers and their scores on a paper-and-pencil test of anxiety.The scenario above is an observational study, because there is not manipulation of the variables and is simply a comparison of the data. True or false?

Answer 1

Answer:

True

Explanation:

Observational study is a kind of study in which individuals are observed or certain outcomes are measured,without manipulation or intervantion from external sources.

Measuring the relationship between the attractiveness scores asigned to college students by a panel of peers and their scores on a paper and pencil test of anxiety is simply an observation to ascertain an outcomewhich is simply a comparison.