Studies that seek clues to cause-effect relationships by manipulating one or more factors while controlling others describe what type of research?

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Experimental research involves manipulating one or more factors while controlling others in order to establish cause-effect relationships between variables. Correlational research looks for relationships between variables without manipulating them, laboratory research may or may not involve manipulation of variables, and field research is conducted in natural settings outside of a laboratory.

Studies That Seek Clues to Cause-Effect Relationships by Manipulating One