A Researcher Wants to Compare Boys' Reading Performance to Girls

question 255

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to compare boys' reading performance to girls' reading performance.He collects reading performance scores from a sample of children from five local schools.This is an example of a

• A)correlational study.
• B)longitudinal study.
• C)experiment.
• D)quasi-experiment.

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