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Observing people while they do different tasks is one of the most useful methods of collecting research data.

Watching participants while they perform a task allows researchers to draw conclusions about human behavior.

Read the paragraph and answer the question below.

Imagine you are a researcher. You want to investigate how performing different types of tasks affect children's willingness to help others. Which options below would you choose for your study? Choose 2 correct answers.

Give one class of children the task of singing for sick people in a hospital. Then ask the class of children who performed the task and another class of children who did not perform the task to volunteer to sing in the hospital during their vacation. Compare how many children from each group agree to sing in the hospital.

Give children the task of helping smaller children with their homework for 1 week. In the second week, tell children that they can choose whether or not to continue with the task of helping the smaller children.

Tell children how important it is to help others. Tell them about tasks that you have performed to help others. Then ask how many children would bring food to poor families if the school opens a volunteer project next year.