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ahriuashd

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Behavioral observation is used in many different types of research. What is the specific characteristic that differentiates the observational research design from other research using behavioral observation?
 
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Just because a program or intervention leads to statistically significant improvement doesn't mean the amount of improvement is meaningful or all that valuable.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

In the observational research design, behavioral observations are being used solely to describe the variables being observed. In other types of research, observations provide measurements that can be used to describe relationships between variables or to establish cause-and-effect relationships between variables.

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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