Suppose a researcher sends a survey to 1,000 randomly selected parents with questions about their child's eating and television watching habits. the researcher then analyzes the data to see if there is a relationship between the amount of television children watch and how many sugary drinks they have on average. this is an example of what study

correlational study

Explanation:

Correlational studies are those established to study phenomena by establishing relationships between them. That is, this type of study seeks to analyze the relationship between two phenomena and get an answer about what this relationship causes. An example of this can be seen in the question above, where a researcher wants to know how the relationship between watching television and the consumption of sugary drinks influences a child's life.

Based on the research that is being asked by the researchers of being able to randomly select parents in question about their child's eating and watching habits- - the study best exemplifies or is considered to be not a case study as it lacks certain procedures for it to be considered as a case study.