Interested in the effect of outside employment on academic performance, a professor asks his students how many hours a week they work and compares this to current grade point averages. The professor's inquiry is an example of which broad research approach?
A) experimental
B) pseudoscientific
C) relational
D) descriptive

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The professor's inquiry is an example of a relational research approach as they are looking at the relationship between outside employment and academic performance. They are not manipulating any variables or conducting an experiment, and are simply collecting data to analyze the relationship between these two variables.

Interested in the Effect of Outside Employment on Academic Performance