The NIH Is Taking Proposals for a New Research Grant

question 39

Multiple Choice

The NIH is taking proposals for a new research grant they are bestowing. The NIH is particularly interested in research proposals that use an A-B-A design. Which of the follow research designs would be most appropriate for the grant?

• A) Research that assesses obsessive-compulsive disorder symptoms and then requires participants to touch a public toilet seat and then reassesses obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
• B) Research that requires participants to touch a public toilet seat and then assesses obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
• C) Research that assesses obsessive-compulsive symptoms and then participants are required to touch a public toilet seat and their obsessive-compulsive symptoms are reassessed. Then participants are permitted to release the toilet seat and their obsessive-compulsive symptoms are assessed again.
• D) Research that assesses obsessive-compulsive symptoms and requires participants to touch a public toilet seat, then reassesses obsessive-compulsive symptoms, then the participants are permitted to release the toilet seat and their obsessive-compulsive symptoms are assessed, followed by reintroduction of touching the toilet seat and assessment of obsessive-compulsive symptoms.

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