Researcher a Completed a Study of Home-Schooled Children and Found

question 24

Multiple Choice

Researcher A completed a study of home-schooled children and found that 67% of the home-schooled students reported that they currently had difficulty relating to other children their age. Researcher B conducted a study to determine whether children who are home-schooled during their elementary school years will have problems relating to their peers during their college years. What type of studies were these researchers conducting?

• A) A and B were both conducting descriptive studies
• B) A was conducting a descriptive study, and B was conducting a predictive study
• C) A and B were conducting predictive studies
• D) A was conducting a predictive study. B was conducting a descriptive study

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