A Study Was Conducted to Determine Whether a Videotape Would

question 10

Multiple Choice

A study was conducted to determine whether a videotape would be more effective than a pamphlet in instructing college-age women to perform breast self-examination on a regular basis.Which of the following conditions could be considered an antecedent variable?

• A) Four participants in the pamphlet-based instruction group had mothers who had been diagnosed with breast cancer, and the other group had no participants with mothers diagnosed with breast cancer.
• B) The group that received the videotape training comprised members of one sorority, and the group that received the pamphlet-based instruction comprised members of a different sorority.
• C) During the study, most participants received flu shots through the college's student health service.
• D) The pamphlet group had 38 members, and the videotape group had 33 members.

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