A Researcher Is Interested in the Relationship Between Early Childhood

question 8

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in the relationship between early childhood sexual abuse and teenage chemical dependency.Since the researcher cannot ethically expose individuals to sexual abuse,which research strategy would be BEST?

• A) The researcher should do a correlational study.
• B) The researcher really only has one option: naturalistic observation.
• C) The researcher should do a clinical case study.
• D) The researcher could conduct a formal experiment in a carefully controlled laboratory environment.

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