The Major Fault in the One-Group Pretest-Posttest Design Is That

question 6

Multiple Choice

The major fault in the one-group pretest-posttest design is that

• A) there is no way to test whether participants' performance changed over time.
• B) there are no statistics available to test the data this design yields.
• C) there is no way to control for demand characteristics.
• D) there is no way to examine the effects of history and maturation on the results.

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