A news release from Intel, “Intel’s Security International Internet of Things Smart Home Survey Shows Many Respondents Sharing Personal Data for Money” (March 30, 2016, newsroom.intel.com /news-releases/intel-securitys-international -internet-of-things-smart-home-survey/, retrieved September 25, 2016), described a survey conducted in 2015. The news release states “A total of 9,000 consumers were interviewed globally, including 2,500 from the United States, 1,000 from the United Kingdom, 1,000 from France, 1,000 from Germany, 1,000 from Brazil, 1,000 from India, 500 from Canada, 500 from Mexico and 500 from Australia.” Among the findings from the survey were that 54% of the respondents worldwide would be willing to share personal data collected from devices in their homes with companies in exchange for money. 

Do you think that the study described was an observational study or an experiment?