Sociologists at the University of Pennsylvania wish to conduct an intervention involving providing free breakfast and lunch for all students under 18 and its impacts on educational success.They will randomly assign state school districts to the intervention and will match the treatment and control sample based on population characteristics.What is one reason why this study,like all randomized field experiments,might be difficult to implement?
A)Randomized field experiments have low internal validity.
B)Randomized field experiments are often high cost.
C)Policy makers will likely want to take their time making a decision on the intervention.
D)Youth education is not one of the highest priority social problems.

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Randomized field experiments can be expensive to implement due to the need for large sample sizes, resources for intervention implementation, and costs associated with data collection and analysis. This may present a challenge for the researchers in terms of funding and logistics.

Sociologists at the University of Pennsylvania Wish to Conduct an Intervention