The Principal Disadvantage of the Descriptive/correlational Research Method Is

question 11

Multiple Choice

The principal disadvantage of the descriptive/correlational research method is

• A) because of practical or ethical reasons they cannot be used to study some research questions.
• B) since researchers cannot control variables of interest, conclusions concerning cause and effect relationships are not appropriate.
• C) they do not allow the researcher to describe behavior.
• D) they frequently observe behavior in artificial situations.

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Definitions:

\(203.0(1.0107)^t\)

This expression models exponential growth or decay, depending on the context, where 203.0 is the initial quantity, 1.0107 represents the growth (or decay) rate, and \(t\) is the time variable.

Composition

The way in which a whole or mixture is made up from various parts, or in mathematics, the application of one function to another.

\(4x+5\)

A linear expression representing a line with a slope of 4 and a y-intercept of 5.

\(x-2\)

An algebraic expression representing the subtraction of 2 from the variable x.