Campbell's "Reforms as Experiments" Article Includes a Description of an Evaluation

question 15

Multiple Choice

Campbell's "reforms as experiments" article includes a description of an evaluation of a state police crackdown on speeding in Connecticut. In conducting this study, Campbell used

• A)an interrupted time series design, with comparisons made to similar states
• B)a simple one-group interrupted time series design
• C)a nonequivalent control group design, with comparisons made to similar states
• D)a pretest posttest design (no control group)

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