A researcher would like to investigate the effect of alcohol consumption on prenatal development but decides that it would be inappropriate to randomly assign mothers to the alcohol condition. In this case, what is the best alternative for studying the relation between these two variables?

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The correlational method is the best alternative as it allows the researcher to examine the relationship between alcohol consumption and prenatal development without manipulating the variables, which is ethical and practical in this context.

A Researcher Would Like to Investigate the Effect of Alcohol