Your Psychology Professor Tells You That She Is Collecting Data

Multiple Choice

Your psychology professor tells you that she is collecting data on the amount that students study and their grades (i.e.,she is asking each student to report how many hours he or she studies each week so that she can determine if there is a relationship between hours spent studying and grades) .Which type of research is this?

A) correlational research
B) experimental research
C) controlled research
D) hypothetical research