Checks of Museum Floor Tile Wear Patterns, Library Check-Out Records

question 1

Multiple Choice

Checks of museum floor tile wear patterns, library check-out records, and agency appointment records are examples of which one of the following?

• A)Direct observations
• B)Motivational research
• C)Indirect or unobtrusive measures
• D)"Pseudo-research"
• E)Focus group research

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Definitions:

Cost

The required expenditure or investment of resources, such as time, money, or effort, in order to obtain a product or achieve an objective.

Strong Manipulation

An experimental approach that involves significant alterations to the independent variable to observe a clear effect on the dependent variable.

Many Manipulations

A research approach that involves altering several variables independently to observe their individual or combined effects.

Costly Manipulation

A strategy or action in experiments that involves significant resources, time, or effort to influence participants' behavior or outcomes.