Gerard wants to study whether traffic volume impacts people's willingness to run a red light. He sits at an intersection in a downtown area and watches when traffic is light and when it is heavy. Gerard is conducting a __________.

A. naturalistic observation
B. case study
C. correlation
D. true experiment


Answer: A

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