A researcher watches children on a playground to obtain measurements of their level of activity.Then the researcher watches the children's caregivers on the playground to obtain measurements of their level of verbal reprimanding of children.The researcher hopes to demonstrate that the caregivers verbal reprimanding is related to children's activity level.This researcher is using the

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The researcher is examining the relationship between two variables (caregivers' verbal reprimanding and children's activity level) without manipulating any variables, which is characteristic of correlational research. Descriptive research simply describes the behavior, while experimental research involves manipulating variables to determine cause and effect relationships. "Scientific research strategy" is not a recognized term in research methodology.

A Researcher Watches Children on a Playground to Obtain Measurements