When Respondents Perform Well on Pretests and Poorly on Posttests

question 24

Multiple Choice

When respondents perform well on pretests and poorly on posttests, or vice versa, merely by chance, so that their results cancel each other out when scores are averaged, the outcome is called:

• A) regression.
• B) inter-observational reliability.
• C) drift.
• D) maturation.

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