DrLaGuardia Is Curious as to Whether Children in a Daycare

question 17

Multiple Choice

Dr.LaGuardia is curious as to whether children in a daycare center will share more after watching an education 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 recommend to her to decrease the threat of instrumentation?

• A) Establishing the reliability and validity of her coders at pretest
• B) Establishing the reliability and validity of her coders at posttest
• C) Using clear coding manuals
• D) All of the above should be recommended
• E) None of the above should be recommended

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