A researcher measures prisoners on childhood physical abuse and notices high levels of abuse. He then concludes that abuse leads people to commit crimes. This is an example of a(n)

A) single-group, pretest-posttest design.
B) single-group, posttest-only design.
C) ad hoc design.
D) ex post facto design.


Answer: D

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