Administering Multiple Pretests in a Non-Equivalent Comparison Group Design:​

question 23

Multiple Choice

Administering multiple pretests in a non-equivalent comparison group design:​

• A) ​enables us to detect whether participants are already engaged in a change process before treatment begins.
• B) increases the likelihood that improvement from pretest to posttest is a function of statistical regression.​
• C) makes it more difficult to detect trends in the data..​
• D) decreases the internal validity of the design.​

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