Dr Fletcher Is Interested in Whether Joining a Fraternity/sorority Causes

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Multiple Choice

Dr. Fletcher is interested in whether joining a fraternity/sorority causes people to become more concerned about their attractiveness and appearance. He recruits a group of 55 freshmen (25 males, 30 females) who are planning to go through fraternity/sorority recruitment on his campus. After they join, he gives them a measure of attractiveness concern/appearance concern (the Body Concern Scale) .
In addition to measuring the group of participants who joined a fraternity/sorority, Dr. Fletcher decides to give the same measure to another group of 55 participants who decided to not join a fraternity/sorority. This type of design is known as a(n) :

• A)interrupted time-series design.
• B)nonequivalent control group design.
• C)nonequivalent groups interrupted time-series design.
• D)reversal design.

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Definitions:

Major Depressive Disorder

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Antisocial Personality Disorder

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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