Cecilia is conducting research using public health records to examine flu outbreaks among public school students. since her research does not require her to disturb people in the social context that she is studying, it is considered to be a (n

Cecilia is an observational researcher, or more commonly known as a field researcher. Observational researchers observe their subjects in their natural state and do not need to any form of experimentation. They gather information from their observations but do not intervene on any of the actions of their subjects.