A quantitative research design that does not manipulate an independent variable is called: a. Experimental Design b. Correlational Design c. Ethnography d. Grounded Theory

b. Correlational Design

Explanation:

Correlational design: In psychological research, the term "correlational design" is described as one of the different research designs that tend to measure a specific relationship between two different variables in the absence of any control by the researcher on any of the variables.

Disadvantage: It can't be utilized to draw or make conclusions about the "causal relationships" between the different measured variables.

Characteristics :

1. The positive & negative direction of the relationship.

2. The magnitude or consistency of the relationship.

3. The nonlinear or linear form of the relationship.

In the question above, the given statement represents a correlational design because it doesn't involve the manipulation of an "independent variable".