Suppose that you are interested in knowing whether there are gender differences in suicide (i.e., whether one gender commits suicide more frequently than the other). The only way to study this precise question would be to conduct ____.
A) a true experiment, using random assignment
B) a quasi-experiment, using no random assignment
C) a field experiment, using random assignment
D) correlational research looking at archival data (existing data)

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Correlational research using archival data is appropriate for studying gender differences in suicide rates, as it involves analyzing existing data without manipulating variables or using random assignment.

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