Questions Refer to the Following Research Study

question 156

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.
-What kind of research design did Ronda use?

• A) Solomon four-group design
• B) Non-equivalent group design
• C) Pretest-posttest control-group design
• D) Interrupted time-series design

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