Consider the following:A researcher obtained a random sample…
Consider the following:A researcher obtained a random sample of 100 smokers and a random sample of 100 nonsmokers. After interviewing all 200 participants in the study and determining whether each was clinically depressed, the researcher compared the rate of depression among the smokers with the rate of depression among nonsmokers. 1. Is this an observational or experimental study? Why? 2. What is the response variable? 3. What is the explanatory variable?