Visual Inspection of the Data in an Interrupted Time-Series Design

question 37

Multiple Choice

Visual inspection of the data in an interrupted time-series design is not always sufficient. It is sometimes important to determine if the change in response pattern is statistically significant by analyzing the data using which of the following procedures?

• A) A correlated t test
• B) Analysis of covariance
• C) An autoregressive moving average model
• D) Correlational analysis

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