RESEARCH STUDY 12.1 Dr. Fletcher Is Interested in Whether Joining a Fraternity/sorority Causes

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RESEARCH STUDY 12.1
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/appearance concern (the Body Concern Scale) .
-Refer to Research Study 12.1 above to answer the following question. In addition to measuring the body concern of the participants who joined a fraternity/sorority both immediately before and immediately after they join,Dr.Fletcher measures them for the three weeks before and the three weeks after.This type of design is known as a/an:

• A) Nonequivalent control group design
• B) Nonequivalent groups interrupted time-series design
• C) Interrupted time-series design
• D) Stable-baseline design
• E) Multiple-baseline design

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