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A research study records a score measuring alcohol use and a score measuring income level for each individual in a group of 40-year-old men.The study intends to determine whether there is a relationship between the two variables.This study is an example of the ____________ research strategy.

A)descriptive
B)correlational
C)experimental
D)nonexperimental

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B)correlational

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A correlational study or research is a type of research whereby a researcher measures two variables and tries to understand if there is a statistical relationship between them while also making sure there are no extraneous variables to make the research work inaccurate. Here there could be relationship between variables that might take the form of positive or negative correlation or there could be no relationship which would be zero correlation between variables

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Answer: B.) Correlational

Explanation: Research search studies carried out or performed in other to identify if an association or relationship exists between two variables are called Correlational studies. Correlational studies aims to determine if there is a positive, negative or no relationship exists between the variables used for the research. In the scenario above, the researcher aims to establish if there is a relationship between alcohol use and income level between it's subjects of 40 year old men. A positive relationship exist if income level increase inn individuals with high alcohol us and a negative relationship exists if income level is low in individuals with high alcohol use and vuce versa. No relationship exist when the correlation coefficient is 0

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