Kanisha Is Interested in Determining Whether Having Snow on Christmas

question 127

Multiple Choice

Kanisha is interested in determining whether having snow on Christmas makes people feel more interpersonal warmth. All of her participants completed a measure of interpersonal warmth prior to Christmas, and then completed the measure of interpersonal warmth following snow on Christmas. She is looking at whether there is a unique change in the participants' overall feelings of interpersonal warmth and socialization change as a result of experiencing a snowy holiday. Kanisha is using which type of methodology?

• A) within-subjects
• B) between-subjects
• C) hybrid design
• D) marginal design

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