A field study is related to

AReal-life situations ✓ Correct

BControlled experimental situations

CLaboratory situations

DPurely imaginary situations

Correct answer: (A) Real-life situations

Explanation

A field study relates to real-life situations, studying phenomena in their natural setting.

Controlled experimental situations belong to laboratory or true experiments, not field study.

Laboratory situations are artificial environments the field study deliberately avoids.

Purely imaginary situations have no place in empirical field research.

The field study trades some control for higher ecological realism.

Its findings tend to generalise well because the setting is natural.

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