To investigate whether the enrollment of nontraditional students has increased at her college, Diane examines the ages noted on student applications for the past ten years. This is an example of which type of unobtrusive observation?

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Archival records are pre-existing data sources that are collected and organized for another purpose and can be used for unobtrusive observation. Diane is using past student applications as a source of data to investigate the enrollment of nontraditional students, which is an example of examining archival records.

To Investigate Whether the Enrollment of Nontraditional Students Has Increased