Quasi-Experimental Designs Lack the Controls of Strong Experimental Designs

question 14

Multiple Choice

Quasi-experimental designs lack the controls of strong experimental designs.

• A) however, causal inferences can be made to the extent that rival hypotheses can be ruled out
• B) as such, causal inferences should never be made
• C) however, in most cases such deficiencies can be safely ignored
• D) thus, such studies should not be performed by ethical researchers

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