Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu.
A researcher is examining the claims made by a water softener salt manufacturer. He performs an experiment using water from a variety of
sources. For each water source, he has sample with no treatment and a sample treated with the recommended amount of the water softener
salt.
He then tests each sample to measure the softness and compares the results, determining that the claims made by the manufacturer are true.
The conclusion drawn from the study is
v because the sample is
v . In this instance, an
v study was
performed.