An environmental psychologist studies the effects of proximity to an elevated train line on school performance in children by comparing a group of children who live within one city block of an elevated train line to a matched sample of children from the same school who live at least ten blocks away from the train line on a standardized test of reading comprehension. This is an example of

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This is an example of a quasi-experiment because the researcher is comparing two groups that differ in a key variable (proximity to an elevated train line) but does not randomly assign participants to conditions.

An Environmental Psychologist Studies the Effects of Proximity to an Elevated