A Nurse Researcher Is Weighing the Option of Using an Experimental

question 3

Multiple Choice

A nurse researcher is weighing the option of using an experimental or quasi-experimental design for a study.The researcher recognizes that quasi-experiments may lack which elements? (Select all that apply.)

• A) Manipulation of the dependent variable
• B) Randomization of subjects to groups
• C) Incorporation of an experimental group
• D) Use of a control group
• E) Manipulation of the independent variable

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