Suppose you hypothesize that the more sociology courses a student takes, the more sensitive he or she becomes to the needs of others. You then ask a random sample of students at your college how many sociology courses they have taken and also ask them a set of questions measuring social sensitivity. Finally, you calculate the association between the two variables. This is an example of a
A) laboratory experiment.
B) cross-sectional survey.
C) longitudinal survey.
D) social network survey.

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This is a cross-sectional survey because it involves collecting data at a single point in time to examine the relationship between the number of sociology courses taken and social sensitivity.

Suppose You Hypothesize That the More Sociology Courses a Student