Jiwon is thinking of developing a candy specifically for college students. She thinks that college students would buy candy if it had caffeine in it. Before she invests a lot of money in candy making equipment, she conducts research to find out if there is a relationship between caffeine and candy sales for college students

Jiwon is thinking of developing a candy specifically for college students. She thinks that college students would buy candy if it had caffeine in it. Before she invests a lot of money in candy making equipment, she conducts descriptive research to find out if there is a relationship between caffeine and candy sales for college students

Explanation:

A descriptive study is the one in which information is collected without changing the environment (nothing is manipulated). It is used to obtain information concerning the current status of the phenomena to describe what exists with the variables or conditions in a situation. It present trends and beliefs, public mind, their viewpoint and attitudes , their effects or development of new trends are described. It is used frequently in research studies , used to influence opinion, useful for investigating a variety of educational problems.

Hence in the given scenario, Jiwon conducts descriptive research to find out if there is a relationship between caffeine and candy sales for college students

DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH.

Explanation: Descriptive research is a type of research that is designed to depict in an accurate way the participants and reaserch tools used in a research work.

Descriptive research is all about describing people who take part in the research work and the research tools used.

It can be done by viewing or recording the research tools and draws conclusion from it.

Descriptive design can be in the form of Case study,Field Observation and Survey.

So Jiwon can use any of the above methods to find out if there is a relationship between caffeine and candy sales for college students.

She can produce a small amount of candy,and watch the outcome on the part of the students before venturing on producing larger amounts.

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