After reading the lecture content, material, and resources, identify which type of research design it is and explain why.
https://agmu.instructure.com/courses/10143/pages/module-5-lecture-content-the-quantitative-research
https://agmu.instructure.com/courses/10143/pages/module-5-lecture-content-the-quantitative-research
https://2012books.lardbucket.org/pdfs/psychology-research-methods-core-skills-and-concepts/s11-nonexperimental-research.pdf
https://www.stat.cmu.edu/~hseltman/309/Book/Book.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amj.2006.10.003
1. You want to study the relationship between smoking and stomach cancer.
2. An investigator discovers that some social workers at the X Clinic have decided to try a new therapy for courage, while others treating similar patients have chosen to follow standard protocol.
3. A researcher measures the effectiveness of therapy for people with alcohol problems. Use a 300 sample of drivers and look at the statistical relationship between this variable and the number of traffic tickets drivers have received.
4. A researcher randomly assigns half of the patients at a mental health clinic to receive new medication for depression. The other half of the patient receives the standard prescriiption for depression.
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