Suppose You Obtained the Following Results in a Multiple Baseline

question 26

Multiple Choice

Suppose you obtained the following results in a multiple baseline design assessing the impact of family therapy on tantrums,chores,and truancy in treating one child and his parents.Which interpretations is/are plausible?

• A) History could NOT have caused the change.
• B) The intervention may have had generalizable effects.
• C) History is the only plausible cause of the change.
• D) Maturation caused the change.

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