Case studies, surveys, naturalistic observation, and laboratory observation are examples of descriptive or correlational research methods.Using these methods, researchers can describe different events, experiences, or behaviors and look for links between them.ase studies, surveys, naturalistic observation, and laboratory observation are examples of descriptive or correlational research methods.
Posted with permission of the author.Follow this and additional works at:http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/fwps_papersPart of theCivil Law Commons,Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, and theConstitutional Law Commons Louis Michael Seidman, ON CONSTITUTIONAL DISOBEDIENCE (Oxford University Press,forthcoming).
Henry David Thoreau wrote Civil Disobedience to protest slavery in the United States and the Mexican-American war. Thoreau was displeased with the government, and his essay helped to influence the Civil Rights Movement.