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Understanding meaningIntervention comes from the word intervene which means to come between two sides in order to improve a situation.
For example:
The intervention of the policeman prevented the fight between the two drivers from getting worse.
The intervention of a neutral country was needed in order to help the two countries to end the war.
In a research context, intervention can mean a program or treatment in a scientific experiment. To understand this meaning, see Exercise 6.
Which answers are closest in meaning to the word intervention? Choose the 3 correct answers.
