Final answer:
The method for recording the frequency of a specific behavior is a Tally. It's effective for recording occurrences of a particular event or characteristic in research fields that track behavior incidence. The correct option is A.
Step-by-step explanation:
The method used for recording the frequency of a specific behavior is a Tally. This method allows the observer to make a mark or a note every time the behavior occurs. Frequency is concerned with counting how often a particular event or characteristic appears in a given dataset.
This is particularly useful in fields such as psychology, education, behavioral sciences, and other areas of research where tracking the incidence of specific behaviors is necessary.
For the number of times per week, this represents quantitative discrete data because it is countable and there's a finite number of times something can happen in a week.
The sampling method described in the question is systematic, as every eighth house was selected after a random starting point. Duration, or the amount of time, is quantitative continuous data because it can technically take on an infinite number of values within a given range. The colors of houses represent qualitative (categorical) data as they describe attributes or categories rather than numerical values.
Hence, Option A is correct.