"Clean" answers about the cause of development can be obtained by studies employing the experimental design because

a. the results are more easily applied to real life.
b. it provides a broad portrait of child development.
c. the experiments are less likely to violate ethical guidelines.
d. cause-and-effect relationships between the variables can be identified.


D

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