You meet a number of students in a graduate program studying intimate relationships.The students describe their research to you.Which of the following students is conducting descriptive research?
A) Ahmed,who is investigating whether couples who cohabit before marriage have less conflict as newlyweds than couples who do not cohabit before marriage
B) Jeremy,who is interested in marital satisfaction following the birth of the first child
C) Humpreet,who is studying whether violations of expectations about the division of household chores lead to a decline in relationship satisfaction
D) All of the students are conducting descriptive research.

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Jeremy's research is focused on describing a phenomenon (marital satisfaction following the birth of the first child) without attempting to manipulate variables or establish cause-and-effect relationships, which is characteristic of descriptive research.

You Meet a Number of Students in a Graduate Program