Dr. Liao is interested in studying the relation between mood and willingness to help a stranger. Every participant in her study completes a mood-rating questionnaire and is then given an opportunity to donate money to a homeless stranger. Dr. Liao is using a(n) ________ design.
A) experimental
B) correlational
C) case study
D) repeated measures

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Dr. Liao's study design is correlational because she is observing and measuring the relationship between two variables (mood and willingness to help a stranger) without manipulating any of the variables.

Dr Liao Is Interested in Studying the Relation Between Mood