If a one-group pretest-posttest study uses subjects as their own controls, which is the study design?
a. Experimental
b. Quasi-experimental
c. Correlational
d. Descriptive
ANS: B
Quasi-experimental and experimental designs examine causality. Quasi-experimental study designs were developed to provide alternative means of examining causality in situations not conducive to experimental controls.
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