A Researcher Introduces a New Mathematics Program in One School

question 17

Multiple Choice

A researcher introduces a new mathematics program in one school district and uses a neighboring district as a no-treatment control group.Before the program begins,the students in both districts are given a standardized mathematics test.After the program is in place for six months,the students are tested again and the researcher compares the before and after scores for the two groups.This research study is classified as ____.

• A)​correlational
• B)​experimental
• C)quasi-experimental
• D)​nonexperimental

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Definitions:

Overhead Costs

Expenses related to the day-to-day operations of a business that are not directly tied to the production of goods or services, such as rent, utilities, and administrative salaries.

Equipment Depreciation

The process of spreading out the cost of physical assets over their useful lives for accounting and tax purposes.

Supervisory Expense

Costs associated with the salaries and benefits of supervisory staff, including managers and team leaders.

Activity-Based Costing

A costing methodology that assigns overhead and indirect costs to specific activities, thereby providing more accurate product costing and profitability analysis.