Khristy wants to determine the role of sleep in academic performance.In no specific way,she divides her volunteers into two groups-a control group that will sleep the standard eight hours a night and a second group that will sleep five hours a night.What type of study is Khristy conducting?

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Khristy is conducting a randomized controlled trial, as she is randomly assigning participants to either the control or experimental group (sleeping five hours a night) and is manipulating the independent variable (amount of sleep) to determine its effect on academic performance.

Khristy Wants to Determine the Role of Sleep in Academic