Why Might a Researcher Choose to Use a Nonexperimental Design

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Multiple Choice

Why might a researcher choose to use a nonexperimental design over an experimental design for a particular research study?

• A) For reasons of practicality and ethics
• B) When little information is known about a phenomenon
• C) For early stages of theory development
• D) All of these are correct.

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