Which study is an example of a study using a descriptive design?
a. Nursing students are tested before and after learning a skill.
b. Individuals with depression are compared to individuals without depression.
c. The effects of a new vaccine are tested on half the subjects, and the other half get saline injections.
d. A group of siblings is studied to identify the effects of having a family member diagnosed with schizophrenia.
D
An example of a descriptive study would be studying a group of siblings to identify the effects of having a family member diagnosed with schizophrenia. Descriptive studies describe some aspect of an element being studied. Studying nursing students being tested before and after learning a skill and studying the effects of a new vaccine being tested on half the subjects while the other half receive saline injections are examples of quasi-experimental studies. Comparing individuals with depression to individuals without depression is a correlational study.
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