The Solomon Four-Group Evaluation Design

question 50

Multiple Choice

The Solomon four-group evaluation design

• A)allows only for the assessment of how much change has occurred,not whether we can attribute it to the training.
• B)combines the pretest/posttest comparison group and posttest only designs for the most rigorous evaluation design.
• C)does not reduce the threats to internal validity.
• D)is used in nearly half of the companies that evaluate training.

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Definitions:

Chi-Square Distribution

A statistical distribution that is used to determine the goodness of fit of an observed distribution to an expected one under the null hypothesis.

Critical Value(s)

Specific point(s) on a distribution curve that define the threshold for rejecting the null hypothesis in hypothesis testing.

Level Of Significance

A threshold in hypothesis testing below which the null hypothesis is rejected, indicating statistical significance.

P-Value

The probability of obtaining a test statistic at least as extreme as the one observed during a test, assuming the null hypothesis is true.