A 2013 Gallup poll asked randomly selected U.S. adults whether they wanted to stay at their current body weight or change. One purpose was to investigate whether there was any difference between men and women with regard to this aspect. Of the 562 men surveyed, 242 wanted to stay at their current weight, whereas of the 477 women surveyed, 172 wanted to stay at their current weight. Is this an experiment or an observational study? Experiment Observational study lia

          A 2013 Gallup poll asked randomly selected U.S. adults whether they wanted to stay at their current
body weight or change. One purpose was to investigate whether there was any difference between
men and women with regard to this aspect. Of the 562 men surveyed, 242 wanted to stay at their
current weight, whereas of the 477 women surveyed, 172 wanted to stay at their current weight.
Is this an experiment or an observational study?
Experiment
Observational study lia

A 2013 Gallup poll asked randomly selected U.S. adults whether they wanted to stay at their current
body weight or change. One purpose was to investigate whether there was any difference between
men and women with regard to this aspect. Of the 562 men surveyed, 242 wanted to stay at their
current weight, whereas of the 477 women surveyed, 172 wanted to stay at their current weight.
Is this an experiment or an observational study?
Experiment
Observational study lia

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A 2013 Gallup poll asked randomly selected U.S. adults whether they wanted to stay at their current body weight or change. One purpose was to investigate whether there was any difference between men and women with regard to this aspect. Of the 562 men surveyed, 242 wanted to stay at their current weight, whereas of the 477 women surveyed, 172 wanted to stay at their current weight. Is this an experiment or an observational study? Experiment Observational study lia