One of the Problems of Using a Withdrawal Design as Part

question 10

Multiple Choice

One of the problems of using a withdrawal design as part of a single-case experiment is the

• A) difficulty of measuring changes that are associated with removal of a treatment.
• B) confounding factor of the placebo effect when the treatment is removed.
• C) ethical issue of removing treatment that appears to be helping the patient.
• D) impossibility of removing the treatment equally for the treatment and control subjects.

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