A Study Which Compares the Growth in the Number of PTA

question 46

Multiple Choice

A study which compares the growth in the number of PTA mothers to the number of small business failures would be an example of

• A) experimental research
• B) post-facto research
• C) quasi-experimental
• D) repeated-measures

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