Zhao's research interest is to determine if poverty causes one to be more politically liberal. However, he cannot randomly assign people to conditions of poverty versus wealth because (aside from the practical difficulty)it would be unethical to do so. Zhao will have to ____.
A)conduct a field experiment
B)take a correlational approach
C)do a meta-analysis
D)develop a factorial design

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Since Zhao cannot ethically or practically manipulate poverty levels, he must observe and analyze the relationship between poverty and political orientation as they naturally occur, which is a correlational approach.

Zhao's Research Interest Is to Determine If Poverty Causes One