If Your Research Does NOT Include a Treatment or Control

question 11

Multiple Choice

If your research does NOT include a treatment or control group, what type of research are you conducting?

• A) experimental research
• B) causal-comparative research
• C) descriptive research
• D) quasi-experimental research

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