A Researcher Hypothesizes That Inpatients Who Receive More Visitors Will

question 10

Multiple Choice

A researcher hypothesizes that inpatients who receive more visitors will self-report higher satisfaction with the level of care they receive. Which design would the researcher use to test the hypothesis?

• A) One-group posttest-only design
• B) Descriptive correlational design
• C) One-group time series design
• D) Predictive correlational design

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