A new drug is being tested on mice. One dozen mice are given the new drug and tested, while another dozen mice are not given anything and tested. What kind of data collection is this?

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A new drug is being tested on mice.  One dozen mice are given the new drug and tested, while another dozen mice are not given anything and tested.  What kind of data collection is this?

anonymous · Answer

Qualitative data because it involves words and not numbers for data.

anonymous · Answer

the only options are Census, Observational Study, Simulation or Experiment

anonymous · Answer

OH than it's experiment !

anonymous · Answer

thanks!

anonymous · Answer

No problem! (:

anonymous · Answer

*hint* The way you can tell it's an experimental data collection is when it says TESTED in the question. *hint*

anonymous · Answer

oh! i see! okay. also i was wondering if you could  help me with another problem ...True or False?...A study of 33,043 infants in Italy was conducted to find a link between heart rhythm abnormality and sudden infant death syndrome. (Source: New England Journal of Medicine)  The population is all infants.

anonymous · Answer

True