After flooding had damaged many homes in the Midwest, many families were displaced and stayed in shelters. An educational researcher studied the effect of the flood on student learning by comparing students whose homes had been destroyed with those students whose homes were intact. What data collection method did he use?

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The researcher used a naturalistic experiment because he compared students whose homes had been destroyed with those students whose homes were intact. This is a type of experiment that occurs naturally, and the researcher does not manipulate the independent variable.

After Flooding Had Damaged Many Homes in the Midwest, Many