Answer: Correlational study
Explanation: Correlational study is used to discover if there is a relationship or association between two variables. It establishes a degree of statistical dependence of one variable on the other and vice-versa.
In the question cited above correlational study was used to establish that there exist a relationship between Grade Point Average (GPA) and Alcohol Consumption and hence resulted in a Negative or inverse statistical relationship as a higher value of alcohol consumption tends to be associated with lower values of Grade Point Average (GPA).
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<span>The occupation of physician is more highly valued than that of bus driver and requires much more sacrifice in terms of education and training. This lead to only a handful of people could become a physician but many more could took the job as bus driver.
Since the physician is significantly 'rarer' and harder to train compared to bus driver, society reward the job with higher pay.</span>