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A researcher intends to explore the effect of possible factors for the organization of effective mid-day meal interventions. Which research method will be most appropriate for this study ?

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Ex-post-facto method

Ex-post-facto research studies the possible causes of an effect after the factors have already operated, without the researcher manipulating any variable.

Here the factors behind effective mid-day meal interventions already exist in schools; the researcher can only trace backwards which of them produced effective organisation.

The historical method studies past records, the descriptive survey only describes present status, and the experimental method needs deliberate manipulation of variables, which is not possible here.

Hence, Ex-post-facto method.

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