Let's say that there is a wellknown theory that we can call "The General Attraction Theory" and that it suggests that people who are physically attractive get more of society's rewards than less attractive people. If we have a hypothesis that people who are physically attractive are more likely to be hired for certain jobs than their less attractive peers and wanted to test this theory in a
specific industry, we would be conducting
a. descriptive research.
b. applied research.
c. explanatory research.
d. critical research.
e. evaluation research.
c
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