Answer:
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".