Luke would like to know if there is a relationship between the number of psychology courses people take and their level of empathy. He surveys a randomly selected group of college students. Each student indicates the number of psychology courses he or she has taken and then completes an empathy scale. Luke's research is best described as a(n)
A) correlational study.
B) experiment.
C) prospective study.
D) archival study.

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Luke's research is a correlational study because he is investigating whether there is a relationship between two variables: the number of psychology courses taken and the level of empathy. He is not manipulating any variables or assigning participants to different conditions, which would be characteristic of an experiment.

Luke Would Like to Know If There Is a Relationship