When Researchers Answer Their Research Questions by Using Data Recorded

question 18

Multiple Choice

When researchers answer their research questions by using data recorded by other individuals, it is called a(n)

• A) experiment.
• B) naturalistic observation.
• C) participant observation.
• D) archival study.

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Definitions:

Family Planning

A strategy for couples and individuals to decide when and how many children to have, often involving methods of birth control and fertility treatments.

Indentured Servant

A worker bound by a contract to serve an employer for a specific period of time, typically in exchange for the cost of passage to a new country.

Planter

A landowner who operates a plantation, especially in the historical context of the agricultural economies in the Southern United States, where cash crops like cotton and tobacco were prominent.

Indentured Servants

Laborers who agreed to work for a specified number of years in exchange for transportation to the New World and, once they arrived, food, accommodation, and eventual freedom.