Tristan is interested in understanding the study habits of college freshmen. He hypothesizes that males are more likely than females to procrastinate when stressed. For his study, Tristan assigns male and female participants to different stress conditions and measures their behavior. What type of study design is Tristan using?
A) correlation
B) quasi-experimental design
C) interview
D) true experiment

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Tristan is using a quasi-experimental design because he is manipulating the independent variable (stress conditions) but cannot randomly assign participants to conditions based on their gender, which is a key characteristic of a true experimental design.

Tristan Is Interested in Understanding the Study Habits of College