based on this following abstract taken from a 2012 issue of Psychological Science . The authors of the paper examined the effects of an intervention on adolescents' enrollment in STEM courses. Instructors are advised to use the reference below to retrieve the original abstract for their use.
Harackiewicz, J. M., Rozek, C. S., Hulleman, C. S., & Hyde, J. S. (2012). Helping parents to motivate adolescents in mathematics and science an experimental test of a utility-value intervention. Psychological Science, 0956797611435530.
-Based on the abstract, this was…
A) an observational study.
B) an experimental study.
C) a cross-sectional study.
D) a case study.

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The abstract states that the authors conducted an "experimental test" of an intervention, indicating that this was an experimental study.

Based on This Following Abstract Taken from a 2012 Issue