A graduate student wishes to explore if court ordered substance abuse treatment for driving under the influence (DUI) offenders has an effect on the odds an offender will commit future DUI offences. The students identifies his sample from among offenders arrested for DUI and designates those ordered into treatment as his experiment group and those not ordered into treatment into his control group. Which of the following best identifies the type of experiment he used?

What will be an ideal response?


Nonequivalent control group design

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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