Dr. Filoteo hypothesizes that students who were online during the COVID-19 pandemic are less likely to have a favorable opinion of their college experience than students who were in a hybrid or fully in-person learning environment. What type of research is she likely to be conducting?

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Explanatory research aims to understand the cause-and-effect relationships between variables. Dr. Filoteo's hypothesis about the relationship between the mode of learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and students' opinions of their college experience is an attempt to explain how one variable (mode of learning) affects another (opinion of college experience), making it explanatory research.

Dr Filoteo Hypothesizes That Students Who Were Online During the COVID-19