Question

Luke would like to know if there is a relationship between the number of psychology courses people take and their level of empathy. He surveys a randomly selected group of college students. Each student indicates the number of psychology courses he or she has taken and then completes an empathy scale. Luke's research is best described as a(n)

Answer 1

Answer: correlational study

Explanation: Correlational study is a non-experimental research method used to investigate the degree and type of relationship between two or more variables.

In this example, the relationship between the number of psychology courses people take and their level of empathy.