Volunteers for a human performance study were randomly divided into two groups. The first group had their flexibility measured in the morning after a short meditation session while the second group had their flexibility measured in the afternoon with no previous meditation session. The flexibility scores of the two groups were compared.
This study is a(n):
A) randomized comparative experiment.
B) experiment, but without randomization.
C) simple random sample.
D) observational study, but not a simple random sample.

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This is a randomized experiment because the participants were randomly divided into two groups, and the experiment had a manipulation (meditation session). It is a comparative experiment because it involved comparing the flexibility scores of the two groups.

Volunteers for a Human Performance Study Were Randomly Divided into Two