Social psychologists decide to study the online discussions of political activists
who endorse the use of violence to advance their objectives, including the
potential overthrow of local and state governments that do not adhere to their
agenda. The social psychologists do not interact with anyone; rather, they
download all text records of the interactions that occurred among the group
members over Discord (a communications application) from the last six months.
They will then code the written responses into a quantitative form, to be analyzed
statistically. What type of research are they conducting?
This is not research
Quasi experiment
Qualitative research
Observational research