Which of the Following Statements Is True About Carrying Out

question 3

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true about carrying out experiments and quasi-experiments in social agencies?​

• A) ​The intervention being tested is almost always implemented in the intended fashion.
• B) ​The control condition almost never is contaminated by interaction between clients in the experimental and control groups.
• C) ​Practitioners might violate the research protocol for case assignment to make sure that clients receive the intervention being evaluated.
• D) ​Outside agencies can be relied upon to refer enough clients to ensure obtaining a sufficient sample size.

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Definitions:

Non-Directional

Pertaining to a hypothesis that does not specify the direction of the expected relationship between variables, only that one exists.

Sample Size

The number of observations or units in a subset of a population used in statistical analysis.

Correlational Research

A type of non-experimental research method used to determine, describe, and predict how variables are naturally related in the real world without any experimental manipulation by the researcher.

Two-Tailed

Pertaining to tests of statistical significance that consider both directions of effects, allowing for the assessment of the possibility of both positive and negative differences.