A researcher wants to determine a possible cause for a very rare medical disorder, so he flies around the world and interviews the four children who have the disorder
As he interviews each child and his or her family, the researcher is looking for common things that happened to each of these children that might give him clues as to what caused the disease. What type of research is he conducting?
A) naturalistic observation
B) structured observation
C) case study
D) correlation
C) case study. Case studies involve one child or a small number of children, who are intensively studied.
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