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Is the following an observational study or an experiment? (Explain your answer). A survey of
275,811 first-year college students revealed that 32.4% of these students had an A average in
high school.
Solution
This is a study
The fundamental difference is that an experiment requires you to observe what happens when
you make some sort of change. An observational study finds the relationship between changes
that already exist.

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