Professor Swenson is interested in university students' reactions to the death of a popular rock star.
For two weeks, Professor Swenson spends one hour a day in a popular cafeteria, inconspicuously listening to students, joining in their conversations when the topic of the dead rock star comes up, and recording what the students have to say. Professor Swenson is conducting ________ research.
a. observational
b. experimental
c. correlational
d. archival
Question 2
Observational research allows a researcher to
a. make statements about causality.
b. make predictions about one variable based on knowledge of another.
c. provide a description of a phenomenon.
d. randomly assign participants to conditions of an experiment.
Redox reactions
Discharge of Acid Rock Drainage
Jerry Uelsmann, Untitled (rock component).
Popular Methods of Conducting Social Science Research
The Death of Melanocytes (Vitiglio)
Light-independent reactions of photosynthesis