A cause-and-effect relationship between two variables can best be determined from which of the following?

A cause-and-effect relationship between two variables can best be determined from which of the following?



A) A controlled experiment where the observational units are assigned randomly.

B) When the two variables have a correlation coefficient near 1.

C) A survey conducted using a simple random sample of individuals.

D) An observational study where the observational units are chosen randomly.

E) A survey conducted using a stratified random sample of individuals



Answer: a controlled experiment where the observational units are assigned randomly


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