Which research strategies attempt to address the same question about the relationship between variables?
A) Descriptive and correlational
B) Correlational and experimental
C) Correlational and nonexperimental
D) Experimental, quasi-experimental, and nonexperimental

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Both correlational and nonexperimental strategies attempt to examine the relationship between two or more variables. While correlational research attempts to establish the strength and direction of the relationship between variables, nonexperimental research attempts to explore the relationship without any manipulation of variables. Descriptive research aims to describe a particular phenomenon without any attempt to establish a relationship between variables, while experimental and quasi-experimental research involve manipulation of variables to establish cause-and-effect relationships. Therefore, options A, B, and D do not attempt to address the same question about the relationship between variables as correlational and nonexperimental research.

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