A Research Study Attempts to Describe the Relationship Between Self-Esteem

Multiple Choice

A research study attempts to describe the relationship between self-esteem and birth order position by measuring self-esteem for each individual in a group of first-born boys, and then comparing the results with self-esteem scores for a group of later-born boys. This study is an example of the ____ strategy.

A) nonexperimental
B) correlational
C) experimental
D) quasi-experimental