• Which study did you select? (provide the title, if available and link)
Effect of Divorce and Father Absence on Early Onset of Sexual Activity Among Adolescent Girls (07/25/2023). Researcher: Donna McShan, Maryville University
• Briefly explain the study that you, as a participant, were required to do for this study.
• Was the study experimental or correlational?
o Which features made it experimental or correlational?
o If the study was correlational, what were the main variables measured, and which did they think were predictor and criterion variables?
o If the study was experimental, what were the independent and dependent variables?
• Were any measures taken to control extraneous variables? If so, what were they?
• Does the study seem to have external validity? Internal validity? Why or why not?
• How could this study be changed from a correlational to an experimental study or from an experimental to a correlational study?
• Why did the researchers use the approach they did (correlational or experimental)?