Regarding Marriage Enhancement, or Prevention Programs, Which of the Following

question 43

Multiple Choice

Regarding marriage enhancement, or prevention programs, which of the following statements is true?

• A) There is some preliminary evidence that a variant of PREP (Self-PREP) used in Australia may actually be harmful to high-risk couples.
• B) A problem with evaluating the outcome research on PREP is that most of the studies did not employ random assignment.
• C) Couples who participate in PREP are better at solving problems and communicating. However, they do not tend to be any more satisfied than non-PREP couples.
• D) Preliminary evidence indicates that CARE couples are more satisfied than PREP couples at the end of the 3-year follow-up.

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Population Mean

The average value of a given characteristic across the entire population.

Probability Distribution

A mathematical description of a random phenomenon in terms of the probabilities of various possible outcomes.

Sample Size

The number of observations or data points collected in a sample from a population.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to measure the accuracy of an estimate.