The NIH Is Taking Proposals for a New Research Grant

question 77

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-B 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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Definitions:

Personal Limitations

Self-acknowledged boundaries or restrictions in skills, capabilities, or personal capacity.

Loneliness

A complex and usually unpleasant emotional response to isolation or lack of companionship, which may vary in intensity and duration.

Loneliness Scales

Psychological tools designed to measure an individual's subjective feelings of loneliness or social isolation.

Social Encounters

involve interactions between individuals or groups, which can range from brief and informal meetings to more structured and significant engagements.