AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD AND DESCRIPTION

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Correlational research where one specific group of people or person is studied in detail through interviews, file reviews, etc. Not generalizable.
A
case study
B
naturalistic evaluation
C
experiment
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A correlational research design investigates relationships between two variables (or more) without the researcher controlling or manipulating any of them. It’s a non-experimental type of quantitative research.

Detailed explanation-2: -Correlational research is a type of non-experimental research method in which a researcher measures two variables and understands and assesses the statistical relationship between them with no influence from any extraneous variable.

Detailed explanation-3: -For example, correlational research may reveal the statistical relationship between high-income earners and relocation; that is, the more people earn, the more likely they are to relocate or not.

Detailed explanation-4: -There are three basic types of correlational studies that are used in eHealth evaluation: cohort, cross-sectional, and case-control studies (Vandenbroucke et al., 2014).

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