Hospital A has a policy that requires employees to wear scrubs of an assigned color according to department. Hospital B allows employees to wear scrubs of their own choosing. A study was done to measure and compare employee satisfaction at the two hospitals. Higher employee satisfaction was found at hospital B. (A) was this an experimental or observational study? Explain why. (B) Can we conclude that higher levels of employee satisfaction at hospital B are due to a more lenient dress code? Why or why not?(C) Identify one possible lurking (confounding) variable in the study.

2. Hospital A has a policy that requires employees to wear scrubs of an assigned color according to department. Hospital B allows employees to wear scrubs of their own choosing. A study was done to measure and compare employee satisfaction at the two hospitals. Higher employee satisfaction was found at hospital B. problems 1-8. (a) Was this an experimental or observational study? Explain why. (b) Can we conclude that higher levels of employee satisfaction at hospital B are due to a more lenient dress code? Why or why not? (c) Identify one possible lurking (confounding) variable in the study