What are the advantages and disadvantages of an experiment?
A. Advantage: good for exploratory and descriptive study in a natural setting; Disadvantage: a potential for a low response rate.
B. Advantage: group interaction may produce more valuable insights than individual surveys; Disadvantage: research must balance roles of participant and observer.
C. Advantage: saves the expense and time of original data collection; Disadvantage: there are none.
D. Advantage: provides greatest opportunity to assess cause and effect; Disadvantage: the setting may have an artificial quality about it.
Answer: D
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