You randomly assign 40 groups to two conditions: 20 groups are told they failed a task,and 20 are told they did well.Next,you have them complete a questionnaire measure of cohesiveness.You are carrying out a(n)___ study.
A)case
B)experimental
C)correlational
D)observational
E)archival

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This is an experimental study because the researcher randomly assigned groups to two different conditions (failure or success feedback) and then measured the effect on cohesiveness. Since the groups were randomly assigned, there is potential to establish causality between the feedback condition and cohesiveness.

You Randomly Assign 40 Groups to Two Conditions: 20 Groups