Professor Yarnofsky wonders whether recent acts of airline terrorism have made the public more fearful of airline flight.He secures records of the amount of flight insurance that people have purchased via machines at the airport,and compares the records of insurance purchases before the last hijacking to purchases after the last hijacking.Professor Yarnofsky has employed a(n)________ research method.

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Professor Yarnofsky is using archival research, as he is analyzing pre-existing records of flight insurance purchases. He is not manipulating any variables or conducting experiments, so experimental research is not applicable. He is also not directly observing or interacting with participants, ruling out systematic observation and participant observation. While there may be a correlation between the amount of flight insurance purchased and fear of airline flight, he is not explicitly measuring the strength or direction of that relationship, so correlational research is not the best choice.

Professor Yarnofsky Wonders Whether Recent Acts of Airline Terrorism Have