Professor Marks Is Most Interested in Whether His Students' Knowledge

question 4

Multiple Choice

Professor Marks is most interested in whether his students' knowledge increased during the progression of his math course. Students took a quiz at the beginning of the semester and again at the end of the semester. Professor Marks used a:

• A) longitudinal design.
• B) pretest-posttest design.
• C) Latin square design.
• D) repeated-measures design.

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Definitions:

Functional Imperatives

Essential tasks that an institution, organization, or system must perform to maintain stability and continue to exist.

Parsons

Talcott Parsons, an influential American sociologist known for his work on the theory of social action and for developing structural functionalism.

Adaptation

The social system must be able to gather and distribute sufficient resources and adjust to changes in its environment.

Goal Attainment

The system needs to establish clear goals and priorities.