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What is the main difference between true experimental designs and quasi-experimental designs?
What is the main difference between true experimental designs and quasi-experimental designs?
- Testing threat
- Maturation threat
- Random assignment (correct)
- Instrumentation threat
Which threat refers to the possibility that observed effects are due to natural maturation of subjects rather than the experimental treatment?
Which threat refers to the possibility that observed effects are due to natural maturation of subjects rather than the experimental treatment?
- Morality Threat
- Maturation Threat (correct)
- Instrumentation Threat
- Testing Threat
What is the Testing Threat concerned with in pre-post designs?
What is the Testing Threat concerned with in pre-post designs?
- Subjects' posttest responses conditioned by pretest responses (correct)
- Expulsion of students due to low participation
- Improvement in subjects' intellectual ability
- Systematic differential dropout rates between groups
Which type of threat refers to changes in the difficulty level of tests administered in pre-post designs?
Which type of threat refers to changes in the difficulty level of tests administered in pre-post designs?
What is the Morality Threat concerned with in experimental studies?
What is the Morality Threat concerned with in experimental studies?
How can many true experimental designs be converted into quasi-experimental designs?
How can many true experimental designs be converted into quasi-experimental designs?
In quasi-experimental designs, what is the risk associated with non-equivalent groups?
In quasi-experimental designs, what is the risk associated with non-equivalent groups?
'A general improvement in intellectual ability' is an example related to which type of threat?
'A general improvement in intellectual ability' is an example related to which type of threat?
'Posttest having a higher or lower degree of difficulty than the pretest' is associated with which type of threat?
'Posttest having a higher or lower degree of difficulty than the pretest' is associated with which type of threat?
What is the main concern of the Maturation Threat in research studies?
What is the main concern of the Maturation Threat in research studies?
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