A Researcher Decides to Collect Some Data to Test the Hypothesis

Multiple Choice

A researcher decides to collect some data to test the hypothesis that playing violent video games is related to violent behaviour. They ask a group of parents from a local elementary school to estimate two things over the last six months: how many hours per week of violent video games their children played, as well as the number of violent incidents they can recall their children being involved in. What kind of design is this?

A) experiment
B) mixed observational
C) case study
D) naturalistic observation
E) survey