Which of the Following Is the Best Example of a Correlational

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the best example of a correlational research study?

• A) Researchers assigned participants to do either a stressful task or an easy task and then measured their blood pressure.
• B) Researchers compared the blood pressure of participants that were trained to reduce stress by meditating and participants that were trained to reduce stress by drawing.
• C) Researchers measured the stress levels in participants that were given a blood pressure drug and participants that were given a placebo drug.
• D) Researchers measured the association between participants' blood pressures and their degrees of chronic stress.

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Urban Areas

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Homozygous

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