Which of the following is a disadvantage of the one-group pretest-posttest uninterpretabledesign?
a. The lack of informationabout any possible difference in the groups that exist before treatment makes it difficult to attribute results to the treatment.
b. The lack of a comparisongroupmakes it impossible to rule outthreats to internal validity.
c. The lack of random assignmentof participants to groups allows the possibility that the groups may have differedalong a number of important dimensions.
d. The lack of a control group makes it impossible to determine—after comparing pretest-posttest observations—if a change has occurred.
b
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a. first b. second c. third d. fourth
The mutual assumption of the family as to how members should behave toward each other and the outside world is referred to as _______________
(a) Hierarchy (b) Rules (c) Rank (d) Status
The R in DEC-R stands for _________________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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