Patching Is a Research Method in Which a Researcher Adds

question 20

Multiple Choice

Patching is a research method in which a researcher adds new conditions to a quasi-experiment to help:

• A)improve test sensitivity
• B)preselect participants in the study
• C)rule out alternate explanations of an effect
• D)create comparison groups

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