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Exercise 28

Avg difficulty 2.5

A sports psychologist believes that people are more likely to be extroverted as an adult if they played team sports as a child. Describe two possible studies to test this theory. Design one as an observational study and the other as an experiment. Which is more practical?

Lee et al., Math in Society, §3.1 Overview of the Statistical Process, Exercise 28

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