You Are Sitting on a Park Bench in a Major

question 77

Multiple Choice

You are sitting on a park bench in a major metropolitan area from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and you note the number of people who walk by, whether or not they litter, and their sex. What type of research method are you using? 

• A) naturalistic observation 
• B) case study 
• C) correlation 
• D) casual observation

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