A researcher wants to understand the effect of child abuse on an individual's personality and attitude. He forms two groups of participants for his study. The first group includes people who were abused during their childhood and the second group includes people who had normal childhoods. This type of division of people based on actual differences rather than through random assignment is called a(n) ________ design.

A. randomized
B. ex post facto
C. variable
D. ad lib


Answer: B

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