As Described in Your Text,McMillan and Her Colleagues Asked a Random

question 177

Multiple Choice

As described in your text,McMillan and her colleagues asked a random sample of almost 10,000 adults whether they had experienced abuse during childhood.What did the researchers find regarding rates of abuse

• A) Males were more likely to have experienced physical abuse, while females were more likely to have experienced sexual abuse. 
• B) Females were more likely to have experienced physical abuse, while males were more likely to have experienced sexual abuse. 
• C) Males and females experienced both physical and sexual abuse with equal frequency. 
• D) Females were more likely to have experienced both physical and sexual abuse.

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Definitions:

Matched Design Study

A research design in which participants are paired or grouped based on certain shared characteristics to help ensure that the conditions being compared are as similar as possible.

Informed Consent

A process in which a patient voluntarily agrees to participate in a treatment, research study, or procedure after understanding the risks, benefits, and alternatives.

Institutional Agreement

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Single-Subject Experimental

A research design that focuses on the response of a single participant to document the effectiveness of an intervention.