Which of the Following Is True About the Current State

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about the current state of study of individual subjects?

• A) The existence of therapeutic professions is being challenged due to the increasing awareness of the inadequacies of the uncontrolled case study.
• B) Scientific studies of individual subjects have become empirical and more methodologically sophisticated than during the early 20th century.
• C) Uncontrolled case studies are increasingly being preferred to single-subject experimental designs as they relate more closely to real-life situations.
• D) The recent invention of descriptive and inferential statistics is encouraging group comparisons.

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Definitions:

Elastic Tissue

A type of connective tissue that allows tissues in the body to resume their shape after stretching or contracting.

Vertebrae

The individual bones that stack to form the vertebral column or spine.

Dense Irregular Connective Tissue

A type of connective tissue with fibers that are thick, densely packed, and arranged in an irregular pattern, providing strength and resistance to forces from multiple directions.

Reticular

Pertaining to a network or mesh, often used to describe certain connective tissues or structures within organs that have a net-like composition.