Dr. Crondall is studying who's happier - married or non-married couples. He uses people's current marital status as an independent variable because he can't randomly assign people to a married or single group. What kind of research strategy doesn't employ random assignment?

a. a correlational study

b. a quasi-experiment

c. a longitudinal study

d. a survey

e. an experiment

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Mireya Bryan

19 April, 13:31

Dr. Crondall is studying who's happier - married or non-married couples. He uses people's current marital status as an independent variable because he can't randomly assign people to a married or single group. What kind of research strategy doesn't employ random assignment?

a. a correlational study

b. a quasi-experiment

c. a longitudinal study

d. a survey

e. an experiment

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Brennan Nelson · Answer 1

b. a quasi-experiment

Explanation:

Based on the scenario being described within the question it can be said that the strategy that does not employ random assignment would be a quasi-experiment. This is a form of study that is used to estimate the casual impact that intervention has on a specific population without having to use random assignment to do so, unlike other forms of study.