A Researcher Is Equally Capable of Using a Time-Series Design

question 20

Multiple Choice

A researcher is equally capable of using a time-series design or a Solomon 4-groups design to test her hypothesis; which design would provide the most sophisticated causal evidence?

• A) Time series
• B) Solomon 4-groups
• C) Both designs provide equally strong causal evidence
• D) Neither design provides equally strong causal evidence

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