Ben Conducts a Study to Test the Effectiveness of an Alcohol

question 80

Multiple Choice

Ben conducts a study to test the effectiveness of an alcohol treatment program. He surveys the clients twice: once at intake and again six months later. He finds that overall, the treatment program was effective, but approximately 30% of the original sample dropped out of the program so he does not have posttest data for them. Ben has encountered which kind of problem?

• A) Instrumentation
• B) Mortality
• C) Statistical regression
• D) Diffusion of treatment

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