Failure to Follow the Treatment Protocol Means That

question 26

Multiple Choice

Failure to follow the treatment protocol means that

• A)the OLS estimator cannot be computed.
• B)instrumental variables estimation of the treatment effect should be used where the initial random assignment is the instrument for the treatment actually received.
• C)you should use the TSLS estimator and regress the outcome variable Y on the initial random assignment in the first stage to get predicted values of the outcome variable.
• D)the Hawthorne effect plays a crucial role.

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Definitions:

Carl Rogers

An influential American psychologist who founded client-centered therapy and contributed significantly to humanistic psychology.

Henry Murray

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