Lorrie is conducting a study that examines the benefits of gardening for stress. She surveys community garden members regarding garden activities and administers a self-report stress and anxiety questionnaire. She then interviews those who fit her profiles of the 2 x 2 matrix of gardening and stress. Lorrie's study can best be described as
A) Qualitative
B) Experimental
C) QUAN-QUAL
D) Correlatoinal

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Lorrie's study incorporates both quantitative (using a self-report stress and anxiety questionnaire) and qualitative (interviewing participants) methods, making it a QUAN-QUAL study. The study is not experimental because she is not manipulating any variables, and it is not correlational because she is not measuring the relationship between two variables.

Lorrie Is Conducting a Study That Examines the Benefits of Gardening