A Researcher Wants to Create an Intervention to Improve the Well-Being

question 16

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to create an intervention to improve the well-being of graduate students in a counseling program,so she gives one group of students specific doses of rocky road ice cream,the second group of students specific doses of licorice,and the third group of students specific doses of chewy fruit-flavored candies for their treatments.As a second factor,she includes students in their first semester of their first year of graduate school as one cohort and students in the first semester of their second year of graduate school as the other cohort.To analyze the differences in well-being between the students in the three different "treatments" and two cohorts,she would use a(n) ______.

• A)analysis of covariance
• B)analysis of variance
• C)factorial analysis of variance
• D)repeated-measures analysis of variance

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Definitions:

Triangulation

The use of more than one method or source to validate the findings and enhance the credibility of research or data.

Assessment Methods

Techniques and tools used to evaluate, measure, and document the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and beliefs of an individual or group.

Normal Distribution

A statistical distribution where most observations cluster around the central peak and the probabilities for values further away from the mean taper off equally in both directions.

Scores

Numerical expressions resulting from the evaluation or measurement of something, often used for comparisons or assessments.