Classify each of the following research studies as experimen

Classify each of the following research studies as experimental, correlational, or observational/qualitative. Then type a brief explanation please.

Organization development consultant David Nadler was interested in developing a model of how large companies cope with restructuring in a competitive business environment. With a team of consultants, he followed the restructuring process of Xerox Corporation for two years. He interviewed the CEO and the top managers at Xerox. He observed the behavior and analyzed the speeches of the CEO and the top managers. Nadler and his team collated and interpreted the information they had collected, and wrote up a detailed account of Xerox’ restructuring process, along with a suggested model of the restructuring process in large companies.

      Research method: ________________

      Explanation:

Yogesh Gupta wanted to test the hypothesis that sitting toward the front of large university classrooms can help students get better grades in courses. He randomly assigned the 400 students in the two sections of his astronomy course to seating positions in a large lecture hall. At the end of the semester, he compared students’ grades according to their assigned seating position, in terms of how close they were to the front of the lecture hall. Gupta found that grade in course did not vary according to seating position.

Research method: _________________

      Explanation:

Solution

Organization development consultant David Nadler was interested in developing a model of how large companies cope with restructuring in a competitive business environment. With a team of consultants, he followed the restructuring process of Xerox Corporation for two years. He interviewed the CEO and the top managers at Xerox. He observed the behavior and analyzed the speeches of the CEO and the top managers. Nadler and his team collated and interpreted the information they had collected, and wrote up a detailed account of Xerox’ restructuring process, along with a suggested model of the restructuring process in large companies.

      Research method: Observational

      Explanation: David observed the behavior of Xerox in naturally ocurring situations for 2 years and those observations and conclusions were reported

Yogesh Gupta wanted to test the hypothesis that sitting toward the front of large university classrooms can help students get better grades in courses. He randomly assigned the 400 students in the two sections of his astronomy course to seating positions in a large lecture hall. At the end of the semester, he compared students’ grades according to their assigned seating position, in terms of how close they were to the front of the lecture hall. Gupta found that grade in course did not vary according to seating position.

Research method: Correlational

      Explanation: Two sets of data are compared statiscally to see if there is a relationship between them, in this case the grades from the ones sitting infront of the large class rooms