Relationship between caffeine consumption and activity level
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A researcher is interested in the relationship between caffeine consumption and activity level for elementary school children. A sample of 20 children is obtained, and the children are separated into two roughly equivalent groups. The children in one group are given a drink containing 300mg of caffeine, and the other group gets a group with no caffeine. The researcher then records the level of activity for each child during a 30-minute session on the playground. Is this an experimental or a correlational study? Explain your answer.
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This study would be considered an experimental study because the researcher obtained equivalent groups, manipulated the independent variable (i.e., caffeine versus ...
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