The following experiment most closely fits which experimental design? Folk wisdom has long maintained that there is a connection between full moons and childbirth. To test whether the lunar cycle has any influence on deliveries or birth complications, researchers examined records of about 564,000 births across 62 lunar cycles and found no influence of the full moon

a. prospective study
b. randomized experimental study
c. retrospective study


c

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