You want to find out if using smart glasses while driving a car affects the likelihood of having an accident.First, you would select two groups of people and give the members of one group a test of driving ability while they were using smart glasses, while the second group would take the driving test without wearing smart glasses.By comparingthe average driving ability scores for the two groups, you could tell if the use of smart glasses affects driving ability.You are using which research method?
A) naturalistic observation
B) the experimental method
C) the survey method
D) a correlational study

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The experimental method involves manipulating one variable (in this case, the use of smart glasses while driving) and observing its effect on another variable (in this case, driving ability). By randomly assigning participants to either the experimental (smart glasses) or control (no smart glasses) group, and then measuring their driving ability scores, we can determine if there is a causal relationship between using smart glasses and driving ability.

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