A Criminal Psychologist Is Interested in Studying the Effect of a New

question 6

Multiple Choice

A criminal psychologist is interested in studying the effect of a new furlough program on inmate morale. There are two prisons involved in the study. One prison will institute the furlough program and the other prison will not. The psychologist arranges with the superintendent of both prisons to measure inmate morale before the furlough program begins and six months after the program has started. What type of quasi experimental design is illustrated in this example?

• A) nonequivalent control group
• B) regression discontinuity
• C) interrupted time series
• D) repeated treatment

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