A pharmaceutical company prefers experimental studies to conducting surveys or observational studies. What is most likely the reason for this preference?

Question

anonymous · Answer

A.

Observational studies and surveys are expensive methods compared to experimental methods.




B.
Observational studies and surveys usually do not provide results that are as accurate as experimental results.




C.
Observational studies and surveys are more time consuming than experimental methods.




D.
Observational studies and surveys are not as eco-friendly as experiments.




E.
Observational studies and surveys require more human intervention than experiments.

anonymous · Answer

@amistre64

anonymous · Answer

its c right?

amistre64 · Answer

i loathe these subjective ones ...

A doesnt sound right since experiments can be just as costly
B sounds reasonable
C observational studies can be time consuming but surveys seem to be relatively short
D just sounds absurd to me
E sounds iffy

if i were to make an educated guess,  id go with B.  But the correct answer is really up to whomever is grading it

anonymous · Answer

i am between b and c

amistre64 · Answer

my reasoning is that pharmecutical studies care more about the accuracy of the results rather than the time it takes to complete them

amistre64 · Answer

is this new drug effective?  or does it just kill of the patients ... we only have 4 days to make a choice .....

anonymous · Answer

yeah that is true haha