Dr Carlson Is Studying the Effect of Temperature on Memory

question 29

Multiple Choice

Dr. Carlson is studying the effect of temperature on memory. One week he has 20 participants test in a cold room. The next week he has the same 20 participants test in a hot room. This is what type of research design

• A) pretest-posttest control group design
• B) within-participants design
• C) one-group pretest-posttest design
• D) between-participants design

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