A Researcher Conducts a Study on the Effectiveness of a New

question 43

Multiple Choice

A researcher conducts a study on the effectiveness of a new prisoner rehabilitation program. All of the elements of an experiment are present except that the groups were not randomly assigned. This study is an example of a(n) ______.

• A) nonequivalent control group design
• B) before-and-after design
• C) ex post facto control group design
• D) regression-discontinuity design

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