Without Randomly Assigning Subjects, a Researcher Administers the Experimental Stimulus

question 28

Multiple Choice

Without randomly assigning subjects, a researcher administers the experimental stimulus to the experimental group and then measures the dependent variable in both the experimental and control groups. This design is known as the:

• A)one-group pretest-posttest design.
• B)one-shot case study.
• C)static-group comparison.
• D)classical experimental design.
• E)posttest-only control group design.

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