Question

Descriptive research attempts to explore cause-and-effect relationships by manipulating data. True or False

Answer 1

The answer is false. 

Answer 2

The above statement, "Descriptive research attempts to explore cause-and-effect relationships by manipulating data" is false.

Descriptive research refers to the statement which determines or describes 'what' is. Whereas, it is analytical research which establishes the cause and effect relationship.

Descriptive research describes the phenomenon's various aspects, in other words, it provides a behavior or the characteristic of the phenomenon.