If the Focus of a Research Study Is to Examine

question 57

Multiple Choice

If the focus of a research study is to examine the ways in which college professors can help students to remember information more easily,such a study would represent __________ research.

• A)applied
• B)experimental
• C)theoretical
• D)hypothetical

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Definitions:

Natural Experiment

An empirical study in which individuals or groups are exposed to conditions that are determined by nature or by other factors outside the control of the researchers.

Confounding Variables

External factors that can affect the results of an experiment or study by being intertwined with the independent variable.

Correlational Study

Research design intended to discover whether a statistical relationship between variables exists.

Laboratory Experimental Approach

A research method in which variables are manipulated and controlled in a lab setting to study their effects on outcomes of interest.