A researcher plans to study the relationship between people's smoking behavior and their tendency to have minor physical illnesses (such as colds or the flu).Most likely he will use correlational research for the study because

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In order to study the relationship between people's smoking behavior and their tendency to have minor physical illnesses, it would not be practical or ethical to manipulate people's smoking behavior. Therefore, correlational research is the best choice as it allows the researcher to observe and measure the existing relationship between these variables without manipulating them. Correlational studies do not allow for strong cause-and-effect conclusions, but they can provide insight into possible associations between variables. The fact that smoking is not allowed in the psychology building (answer choice D) is not relevant to the decision to use correlational research.

A Researcher Plans to Study the Relationship Between People's Smoking