Researchers Are Attempting to Conduct an Intervention Providing Public Transportation

question 31

Multiple Choice

Researchers are attempting to conduct an intervention providing public transportation vouchers to residents as a method of reducing neighborhood crime rates.In hindsight,researchers discovered that participants in the treatment group were already less likely to have a criminal record than the general population to which they were compared.This problem is an example of

• A)selection bias.
• B)matching procedure.
• C)treatment condition.
• D)control condition.

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