How Does a Cohort Design Differ from Other Quasi-Experimental Designs

question 82

Multiple Choice

How does a cohort design differ from other quasi-experimental designs?

• A) the use of random assignment to control and experimental groups
• B) the use of matching to assign subjects to control and experimental groups
• C) there is some date or event in common to all members of the control and the experimental groups
• D) all quasi-experimental designs are basically the same

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