Which research method am I describing?

How many of you are already familiar with the different types of psychological/scientific research?

• I know all about surveys, naturalistic observations, true experiments and case studies

• I have not really been exposed to these methods

When a person calls you phone and wants to question you about your food shopping habits, coupon use and favorite grocery store, they are conducting

• naturalistic observation

• survey

• case study

• true experiment

A family who has identical triplets, a one in a million phenomenon, lets researchers study their childrens' growth milestones including walking, reading and talking. This type of research is

• true experimen

• naturalistic observation

• case study

• correlational research

When the murder rate is higher in the USA, typically the amount of ice cream consumed is higher too. This is an example of

• A true experiment

• case study

• correlational research

• naturalistic observation

When a zoologist watches the eating habits, mating habits, grooming habits and aggressive behavior of elephants in the wild they are performing

• case study

• naturalistic observation

• survey

• none of these

The ONLY type of scientific research that can PROVE a cause and effect relationship. For example it has been proven that SMOKING CIGARETTES causes some forms of CANCER!

• Experimental research

• correlational research

• survey

• case study

There are two types of research, qualitative and quantitative, which type is a case study

• qualitative

• quantitative