A researcher wants to examine the incidence of violent behaviours as the outside temperature rises by obtaining the number of criminal arrests through the local police department for the days that are hotter than 95 degrees outside. Which category would this research fall into?

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This research is correlational because it aims to examine the relationship between two variables: the outside temperature and the incidence of violent behaviors, without manipulating any of the variables.

A Researcher Wants to Examine the Incidence of Violent Behaviours