During the elementary school years, on average, children learn about _____ new words each day

All but which of the following are examples of descriptive research designs?

a. Naturalistic observation b. Case study c. Surveys d. Experimentation

If you were interested in studying the impact that child abuse has on people later in life, you would probably be unable to use an experiment because this is an independent variable that could not be ethically manipulated

Instead, you might find a small number of people who had suffered abuse as children, and gather as much information as you could about them (with their consent, of course). This kind of research that involves gathering a lot of information about one or a few participants is called a __________ study. a. case b. retrospective c. protagonistic d. survey