Questions Refer to the Following Research Study

question 123

Multiple Choice

Questions refer to the following research study:
Ronda would like to assess the effects of a reading comprehension course on the scores of students. She gives a group of remedial students a reading comprehension pretest and then randomly assigns them to either the treatment group or the control group. Shortly after the treatment, she measures their reading comprehension scores again.
-Which set of results would result in Ronda being worried about statistical regression?

• A) The treatment group improves their reading comprehension scores and the control group does not.
• B) The control group improves their reading comprehension scores and the treatment group does not.
• C) Both the treatment group and the control group increase their reading comprehension scores.
• D) The reading scores of both the treatment group and the control group stay the same across time.

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