Suppose You Wanted to Test the Effects of a College

question 18

Multiple Choice

Suppose you wanted to test the effects of a college writing program on success in other classes. The experimental group consisted of freshmen who had enrolled in the writing class; the control group consisted of freshmen who had not enrolled in the writing class. Subsequent performance of both groups in a writing-intensive history class was measured. A potential confound in this study is:

• A) maturation.
• B) testing.
• C) selection.
• D) mortality.

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