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Drs. Goran and Lieberman are interested in assessing pain threshold differences between men and women. They recruit male and female participants and assign them to different experimental conditions to a study that assesses tolerance for thermal pain. However, their primary independent variable (gender) is a subject variable. This is an example of a(n) ________ study.

A quasi-experimental
B correlational
C case
D experimental

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A quasi-experimental                                        

Explanation:

Quasi-experimental study: In research, the term quasi-experimental study is defined as one of the research methods that encompasses an independent variable's manipulation in the absence of any random assignment associated with the participants to order of different conditions or simply conditions. In a quasi-experimental design, a control group can not be developed.

Types: Pretest-posttest, interrupted time-series, and nonequivalent groups designs.

In the question above, the given statement is an example of a quasi-experimental study.

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