A Researcher Is Interested in Understanding the Relationship Between Years

question 51

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in understanding the relationship between years of teaching service and the use of performance-based assessments. Which type of nonexperimental study would measure this relationship that involves two or more variables?

• A) causal-comparative
• B) experimental
• C) correlational
• D) quasi-experimental

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Definitions:

Sympathetic Nervous

Part of the autonomic nervous system that activates the body's fight-or-flight response.

Parietal Lobes

Regions of the brain located behind the frontal lobes, important for processing sensory information and spatial orientation.

Endocrine Systems

The collection of glands that produce hormones to regulate metabolism, growth, development, and reproduction among other functions.

Epigenetics

The study of how behaviors and environment can cause changes that affect the way genes work, without altering the DNA sequence itself.