Dr.Little has heard that people tend to become more politically conservative as they get older.She decides to conduct a study to see if this is true.She conducts a telephone survey where she asks participants their age and political affiliation.She then uses statistics to see whether there is a relationship between these two variables.Which of the following research designs best describes Dr.Little's research?

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Dr. Little's research design is correlational because she is examining the relationship between two variables (age and political affiliation) without manipulating any variables or controlling for extraneous factors.

DrLittle Has Heard That People Tend to Become More Politically