What is another term for basic research?
a) real research
b) pure research
c) applied research
d) baseline research
Even though the one-group pretest-posttest design is inadequate, it has one methodological advantage over the one-group posttest-only design, and that is
a. the use of randomization.
b. external validity.
c. pretest scores can be compared to posttest scores.
d. statistical tests are available to use with that design.
By including a withdrawal phase after the basic time-series design (i.e making it an A-B-A design),
a. the participant finishes the study with the best outcome.
b. we can fulfill our ethical responsibilities to the participant.
c. we may rule out history effects as a plausible rival hypothesis.
d. we will show that the behavior changes are unimportant.
In single-case research, the word baseline refers to
a. the lowest observed rate of the target behavior.
b. the target behavior in the control participant, who will not experience treatment.
c. the participant's initial response to treatment.
d. the participant's target behavior prior to any treatment.
The major fault in the one-group pretest-posttest design is that
a. there is no way to test whether participants' performance changed over time.
b. there are no statistics available to test the data this design yields.
c. there is no way to control for demand characteristics.
d. there is no way to examine the effects of history and maturation on the results.
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