Which One of the Following Statements Best Describes a Quasi-Experimental

question 47

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following statements best describes a quasi-experimental study?

• A) Participants are randomly assigned to treatment and control groups.
• B) Treatment and control interventions are administered to pre-existing groups.
• C) Researchers examine children's behaviors in educational settings rather than in laboratories.
• D) Researchers are less concerned about the validity and reliability of their measures than is true in experimental studies.

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Definitions:

Perceptions Of Fairness

Individual beliefs or attitudes regarding the equity or justice of actions, decisions, or distributions.

Rationality

The quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logic.

Fixed Ratio

Fixed ratio refers to a schedule of reinforcement where a response is reinforced only after a specified number of responses, commonly used in behavior modification.

Reinforcement

In psychology, a process by which an individual's behavior is conditioned by rewards or punishments.