What Is the Main Distinction of Using a Descriptive Research

Multiple Choice

What is the main distinction of using a descriptive research design as compared to a correlational or experimental design?

A) Descriptive studies allow researchers to use different types of statistics, which opens the field of psychology up to research questions that cannot be explored with other designs.
B) Descriptive studies enable researchers to observe and describe behaviors without investigating the relationship between specific variables.
C) Descriptive studies allow researchers to gather data from far fewer participants so that cause and effect relationship can be determined in less time.
D) Descriptive studies, unlike correlational or experimental designs, do not require actual human participants for data gathering.