Which of the following questions can be addressed with the correlational strategy?
A)What is the average number of text messages that a typical adolescent sends in a month?
B)Is there a relationship between the number of text messages that adolescents send each month and the number of pages of leisure reading done by adolescents?
C)Does decreasing the number of text messages sent by adolescents cause an increase in number of pages read for leisure?
D)None of these questions can be addressed with this strategy.

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The correlational strategy can be used to examine relationships between two or more variables. In this case, the question is asking whether there is a relationship between the number of text messages sent by adolescents and the amount of leisure reading they do. Therefore, the correlational strategy can be used to answer this question. Option A is asking for a descriptive statistic, and option C is asking for a cause-and-effect relationship, neither of which can be addressed using the correlational strategy. Option D is incorrect, as the correlational strategy can be used to investigate relationships between variables.

Which of the Following Questions Can Be Addressed with the Correlational