Answer to Question #6302 in Statistics and Probability for sasa

Question

a study of the effect of living in public housing on family stability and other variables in poverty level households was carried out as follows. The researchers obtained the list of all applicants for public housing during the previous year. some applicants had been accepted, and others had been turned down by the housing authority. both groups were interviewed and compared. was this study an experiment? why or why not? what are the explanatory and response variables in the study?... please help me!