The nurse manager is attempting to explain why the greatest number of medication errors occurs during the evening shift. The nurse manager chooses a quasi-experimental design to study this relationship, because:
a. complete control over the variance is not possible.
b. it allows for randomization.
c. it allows for control over the independent variable.
d. the variable needs to be manipulated.
A
In quasi-experimental designs, strict control is not possible. Options b, c, and d are true of expe-rimental studies.
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