A Researcher Introduces a New Mathematics Program in One School

question 42

Multiple Choice

A researcher introduces a new mathematics program in one school district and uses a neighboring district as a no-treatment control group.After the program is in place for six months,the researcher intends to give the students in both districts a standardized mathematics test and then compare their scores.This research cannot be classified as a true experiment because ____.

• A)​the treatment is administered to only one group.
• B)​there is no pretest to determine mathematics ability before the program
• C)the researcher does not control the assignment of participants to groups
• D)​it is not conducted in a laboratory

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