An observational study is retrospective if it considers only existing data. It is prospective if the study design calls for data to be collected as ti

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2021-05-17

An observational study is retrospective if it considers only existing data. It is prospective if the study design calls for data to be collected as time goes on. Tell which of the following observational studies are retrospective and which are prospective. Out of curiosity, Mimi looks up the ages of all the Best Actress winners in the years they won their Oscars, and then gathers the same data for the Best Actor winners, to sec whether male or female winners were, on the average younger

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Maciej Morrow

Maciej Morrow

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Retrospective: data are collected from the past by going back in time Prospective: data are collected in the future
The data are collected by looking up the ages of all Best Actress winners and Best Actor winners of the Oscars.
This data is then data from the past and thus the observational study is retrospective.

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