A school nurse was concerned about the amount of obesity in the elementary school classes. Based on the literature the nurse decided to ask each student if he or she ate breakfast before coming to school in the morning
The nurse is doing a(n):
A. Analytic study.
B. Case-control study.
C. Correlational study.
D. Ex post facto study.
ANS: C
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false