A researcher wants to know how much time students in a dorm spend watching TV, but she has noticed that students tend to leave the TV room when she comes in to see who is watching. To get around this problem, she decides to observe wear-and-tear on the TV remote control as a measure of how much time students spend watching TV. Like many psychologists, this researcher is using a(n):

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The researcher is using an unobtrusive measure, which involves collecting data without directly interacting with the subjects or altering their behavior. Observing wear-and-tear on the TV remote control is a way to measure TV usage indirectly.

A Researcher Wants to Know How Much Time Students in a Dorm