A Researcher Wants to Investigate the Effect of Weather on College

question 19

Multiple Choice

A researcher wants to investigate the effect of weather on college students' study habits. On a sunny day, the researcher sits in the quad and records the number of minutes each student puts into studying. The researcher finds that the mean number of minutes of study is 39.8. This is an example of a:

• A)one-shot case study.
• B)one-group pretest-posttest design.
• C)sequential method.
• D)random group design.

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