A Training Manager Is Concerned with Whether Results of Training

question 45

Multiple Choice

A training manager is concerned with whether results of training are based on application of learned skills or some other external/internal variable.Which type of data collection design would address his/her concerns?

• A) pre-post
• B) post only
• C) time series
• D) time series design with control group

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Definitions:

Quasi-experiments

Research designs that attempt to establish cause-and-effect relationships but lack the element of random assignment to treatment or control groups.

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized or applied to contexts outside of the experimental conditions.

Matched Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects closely matched to the experimental group in key variables but not receiving the intervention.

High Levels

Refers to a considerable degree or intensity of a particular characteristic, quality, or activity.