A student has been asked to determine if there is a relationship between musical ability and mathematical ability.What type of research design would be best suited to this task?
A)between - subjects experiment.
B)case study.
C)correlational study.
D)naturalistic observation.

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A correlational study would be best suited for this task as it would allow the student to measure and analyze the strength of the relationship between the two variables (musical ability and mathematical ability) without manipulating any variables or random assignment to different groups. This design would be ideal as it would enable the student to establish a correlation, which can be used to predict or control one variable based on the other, making it useful for future studies as well. The other options, between- subjects experiment, case study, and naturalistic observation, are not appropriate for this task as they do not provide a suitable means of measuring the relationship between musical and mathematical abilities.

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