Researchers wanted to determine if there was an association between daily appleapple consumption and the occurrence of high cholesterolhigh cholesterol. the researchers looked at 94 comma 22894,228 women and asked them to report their appleapple? -eatingeating habits. the researchers also determined which of the women had high cholesterolhigh cholesterol. after their? analysis, the researchers concluded that consumption of two or more servingstwo or more servings of granny smith applesgranny smith apples per day was associated with a reduction in high cholesterolhigh cholesterol. complete parts? (a) through? (c) below. ? (a) what type of observational study was? this? explain. a. this was a? case-control study because individuals that had a certain characteristic were matched with those that did not. b. this was a cohort study because it identified a group of individuals to participate in the study and observed the group over a long period of time. c. this was a? cross-sectional study because all information about the individuals was collected at a specific point in time.