Charles read a study that examined the effects of animation on learning science
text content. There were three groups in the study. Students were randomly
selected from a 10 th grade science class and randomly assigned to a condition. One
group received a text only, the other group received a text and an animation, the
third group received only the animation. Five students were in each condition.
ANOVA indicated significant differences between groups and post hoc analysis
revealed the animation only group performed better than the other two
conditions.
-The study Charles read is an example of an) _______________ study.
A) survey
B) correlational
C) experimental
D) prediction

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The study described is an experimental study, as it involved randomly assigning participants to different conditions (text only, text and animation, animation only) and examining the effects of these conditions on learning outcomes. ANOVA and post hoc analysis were used to determine significant differences between the groups.

Charles Read a Study That Examined the Effects of Animation