Multiple choice

Which of the following best describes ex-post facto research?

  1. Research carried out knowing that the incident will never occur

  2. Research carried out before the occurrence of the incident

  3. Research carried out after the incident

  4. Research carried out imagining the incident

  5. Research carried out during the occurence of the incident
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Ex-post facto research is a systematic, empirical inquiry in which the scientist does not have direct control of independent variables because their manifestations have already occurred or because they are inherently not manipulated.

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