Which of the Following Research Situations Would Be Most Likely

question 62

Multiple Choice

Which of the following research situations would be most likely to use an independent-measures design?

• A)Examine the development of vocabulary as a group of children mature from age 2 to age 3
• B)Examine the long-term effectiveness of a stop-smoking treatment by interviewing subjects 2 months and 6 months after the treatment ends
• C)Compare the mathematics skills for 9^th-grade boys versus 9^th-grade girls
• D)Compare the blood-pressure readings before medication and after medication for a group a patients with high blood pressure

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