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Observational studies Ans: Watching and recording the actions of participants. This may take place in a natural setting, such as observing children at play at a park, or behind a one-way glass while children are at play in a laboratory playroom. Experiments Ans: Designed to test hypotheses (or specific statements about the relationship between variables) in a controlled setting in efforts to explain how certain factors or events produce outcomes. Case studies Ans: Studies involve exploring a single case or situation in great detail. Information may be gathered with the use of observation, interviews, testing, or other methods to uncover as much as possible about a person or situation. Surveys Ans: Asking a standard set of questions to a group of subjects. Likert Scale Ans: In a highly structured survey, subjects are forced to choose from a response set such as "strongly disagree, disagree, undecided, agree, strongly agree"; or "0, 1-5, 6-10, etc." Developmental designs Ans: Techniques used in developmental research (and other areas as well). These techniques try to examine how age, cohort, gender, and social class impact development. Longitudinal research Ans: Beginning with a group of people who may be of the same age and background, and measuring them repeatedly over a long period of time. Cross-sectional research Ans: Beginning with a sample that represents a cross-section of the population. Respondents who vary in age, gender, ethnicity, and social class might be asked to complete a survey about television program preferences or attitudes toward the use of the Internet. Sequential research Ans: Research involves combining aspects of the previous two techniques; beginning with a cross-sectional sample and measuring them through time. theor