Researchers conducted a study on "inattentional blindness" in the central gathering plaza of a university campus to determine whether individuals would notice unusual events.For half of the observation periods,a clown rode a unicycle in the plaza; in the other half of the observation periods,two costumed confederates acted a scene from Hamlet.Trained research assistants asked individuals who had walked through the plaza if they had noticed anything unusual.What type of observational study does this study represent?

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This study is a field experiment because it involves manipulating variables (the presence of a clown on a unicycle or a scene from Hamlet being acted out) in a natural setting to observe the effect on an outcome (whether individuals notice unusual events).

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