A Study Was Done in Pueblo, CO, to Compare the Pattern

question 27

Multiple Choice

A study was done in Pueblo, CO, to compare the pattern of heart attack rates across the year before and the year after a public smoking ban had been enacted. The researchers who conducted this study used a(n) ______ design.

• A) equivalent time series
• B) interrupted time series
• C) one-group posttest only
• D) nonequivalent control group

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