Gentile, Lynch, Linder, and Walsh (2004) surveyed over 600 eighth-and ninth-grade students asking about their gaming habits and other behaviors. Their results showed that the adolescents who experienced more video game violence were also more hostile and had more frequent arguments with teachers. Is this an experimental or a nonexperimental study? Explain your answer.
To explain: Whether the study is an experimental or non experimental study.
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600 eighth and ninth grade students were asked about their gaming habits and behaviour.
Moreover, adolescents who experienced more video game violence were also more hostile and had more frequent arguments with teachers.
Justification:
In the given study, the researcher does not manipulates the variable, gaming habits and behaviour of the students. That is, the researcher does not have control over the students. Therefore, manipulation of independent variables is not used. Also, group assignments are not random, therefore given example is a non-experimental study.
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