1Carefully explain why each of the two following studies is not an experiment a.

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1Carefully explain why each of the two following studies is not an experiment a. "Some years ago, the record industry noticed that the Duran Duran (a British rock group) album Rio was being sold out at half the record stores in Dallas and was gatheringg dust in the other half. A check of the local television listings showed that the parts of city that were wired for cable and carrying the MTV cable channel were the very same areas where the album was flourishing. An MTV executive infers that the "Duran Duran owes its life to MTV.

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According to the definition of an experiment in probability
The experimental probability of an event is defined as the ratio of the number of times the event occurs to the total number of trials performed.
According to this, there are no trials performed and it is just an inference taken by Duran Duran.
There are no chances of failure or success in the given situation.
Hence it is not an experiment.

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