To Determine the Effect of Counseling on the Self-Esteem of Divorced

question 8

Multiple Choice

To determine the effect of counseling on the self-esteem of divorced women, a researcher measures the self-esteem of a group of women before and after they have received counseling and compares the before and after measurements. What type of design does this study represent?

• A) pretest-posttest control group design
• B) posttest only control group design
• C) one-group pretest-posttest design
• D) nonequivalent control group design

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