A naturalistic observational approach is especially useful in the earlier stages of scientific investigation for all of the following reasons EXCEPT that it
a. helps researchers discover the extent of a phenomenon.
b. helps researchers formulate hypotheses for further research.
c. suggests what the important variables and relationships might be.
d. determines cause-effect relationships between naturalistic variables.
Answer: d. determines cause-and-effect relationships between naturalistic variables.
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