What Is the Main Distinction of Using a Descriptive Research

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Multiple Choice

What is the main distinction of using a descriptive research design as compared to a correlational or experimental design?

• A) Descriptive studies allow researchers to use different types of statistics, which opens the field of psychology up to research questions that cannot be explored with other designs.
• B) Descriptive studies enable researchers to observe and describe behaviors without investigating the relationship between specific variables.
• C) Descriptive studies allow researchers to gather data from far fewer participants so that cause and effect relationship can be determined in less time.
• D) Descriptive studies, unlike correlational or experimental designs, do not require actual human participants for data gathering.

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