Which Research Strategy Attempts to Address Questions About Cause-And-Effect Relationships

question 49

Multiple Choice

Which research strategy attempts to address questions about cause-and-effect relationships but fails to produce an unambiguous answer because the study contains a flaw?

• A)​experimental
• B)​quasi-experimental
• C)nonexperimental
• D)​correlational

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