Which of the following is a potential drawback of a multiple baseline design?
a. Variability from individual differences makes it more difficult to detect a true effect of the intervention.
b. Researchers are not able to manipulate the independent variable.
c. It lacks in generalizability because only one subject is studied.
d. It requires complicated statistical methods to analyze the data.
Answer: c. It lacks in generalizability because only one subject is studied.
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Ethical obligations to one's colleagues in the scientific community A) require that technical shortcomings and failures of the study be revealed
B) allow the researcher to determine whether or not to report negative findings. C) Encourage the researcher to always describe the findings as the product of a carefully preplanned analytical strategy. D) ?a and b only are correct. E) b and c only are correct.
Encouraging family members to share stories about themselves is an example of empowerment when working with
families.
a. True b. False
You are a school social worker and you want to help one of the
students his attention skills. You take a baseline measurement for 4 weeks, and find that the students' attention skills are lacking. You begin your intervention at that time and it appears that after four weeks the intervention is making little success. You decide to start a second intervention. This level of research design is: A. AB B. ABC C. ABA D. ABAB