Sarah, a graduate student in psychology, just heard about a five-year-old child who has already learned calculus. She is thinking about conducting an in-depth study of the child for her dissertation. Sarah is considering which research method?
A) naturalistic observation
B) experiment
C) correlational
D) case study

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A case study would be the best choice as it would allow Sarah to conduct an in-depth analysis of the child and gather detailed information about their development and learning of calculus. Naturalistic observation would not provide enough information about the child's abilities and an experiment would not be appropriate as it would be unethical to manipulate the child's learning of calculus. Correlational research would not allow Sarah to gather the necessary detailed information about the child.

Sarah, a Graduate Student in Psychology, Just Heard About a Five-Year-Old