What Research Design Is Illustrated by the Following? a Therapist

question 146

Multiple Choice

What research design is illustrated by the following? A therapist gathers data showing that, repeatedly, a patient is better on days his wife visits and worse on days she does not.

• A) Observation
• B) Correlational method
• C) Single-subject (ABAb) experiment
• D) Mixed design

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