A study followed charter school students to observe their progress over time .The researchers tried to figure out what would have happened if the students had not attended the charter school .This imaginary condition is called the
A)Counterfactual
B)Confounder
C)Common cause
D)Causal mechanism
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The term "counterfactual" refers to a condition or outcome that would have occurred if the studied action or intervention, in this case attending a charter school, had not been taken. It's a way to imagine the alternative scenario to the actual event.

A Study Followed Charter School Students to Observe Their Progress