DrLaGuardia Is Curious as to Whether Children in a Daycare

question 18

Multiple Choice

Dr.LaGuardia is curious as to whether children in a daycare center will share more after watching an educational video on sharing.Immediately before and after the video,he has several undergraduate research assistants code the sharing behavior of a group of 33 four-year-olds.Which of the following would you NOT recommend to him to decrease the threat of instrumentation?

• A)Establishing the reliability and validity of his coders at pretest
• B)Establishing the reliability and validity of his coders at posttest
• C)Using clear coding manuals
• D)Using only one research assistant to code all the videos

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