A nutrition researcher would like to determine whether women who take fish oil supplements during pregnancy give birth to babies who score higher on basic intelligence tests when they are 5 years of age than the 5-year old children that were born to women who did not take the fish oil supplements during pregnancy.This kind of research is a(n)________ study.
A)double-blind
B)prospective
C)case-control
D)in vivo

Question

A nutrition researcher would like to determine whether women who take fish oil supplements during pregnancy give birth to babies who score higher on basic intelligence tests when they are 5 years of age than the 5-year old children that were born to women who did not take the fish oil supplements during pregnancy.This kind of research is a(n)________ study. 
A)double-blind
B)prospective
C)case-control
D)in vivo

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This study is a prospective study because the researcher is identifying a group of women at the beginning of their pregnancies and following them over time to assess the outcomes of their children after 5 years. A case-control study would involve comparing a group of women who gave birth to children with high intelligence scores to a group with low scores and looking back to see if there were differences in their fish oil supplement use during pregnancy. Double-blind and in vivo are not relevant to the type of study being conducted.

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