scenario
Nora Would Like to Conduct an Experiment to Determine

question 24

Multiple Choice

scenario
Nora would like to conduct an experiment to determine whether behavior modification techniques can help children eliminate bedwetting. She obtains a sample of children who wet the bed and randomly assigns half to the behavior modification therapy and half to a control group who receive no therapy. After six months, she measures how often children in each group wet the bed.
-Suppose Nora obtains the following printout of information: $$\begin{array} { | l l l l | } \hline \text { GROUP } & N & M & S D \\\text { Therapy } & 10 & 1.60 & 1.07 \\\text { Control } & 10 & 5.50 & 0.85 \\t = - 9.00 & & d f = 18 & p = .001 \\\hline\end{array}$$ What decision should Nora make?

• A) The results are significant; children treated with behavioral modification therapy wet the bed less often than children in the control group.
• B) The results are not significant; children treated with behavioral modification therapy wet the bed less often than children in the control group.
• C) The results are significant; children treated with behavioral modification therapy and children in the control group did not differ in terms of bedwetting.
• D) The results are not significant; children treated with behavioral modification therapy and children in the control group did not differ in terms of bedwetting.

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