Question

this an example of an experimental or a nonexper mental study? Gentile, Lynch, Linder, and Walsh (2004) surveye over 600 8th- and 9th-grade students asking about their gaming habits@nd other behaviors. Their resu showed that the adolescents who experienced more video game violence were also more hostile and hac more frequent arguments with teachers. Is this an experimental or a nonexperimental study? Explain your answer. Weinstein, McDermott, and Roediger (2010) con- ducted an experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of

Answer 1

This study is a non-experimental study. Precisely, this study is an observational study.

In an experimental study, some treatment is applied to people or things and the effect of the treatment is observed. In an observational study, we measure or survey members of a sample without trying to affect them with any treatment.

In this case, the researchers only observe the gaming habits of the students, without applying any external treatment.

Thus this study is not an experimental study. It is a non-experimental study, precisely an observational study.