The pretest-posttest design is NOT recommended for use in program evaluation research because
A) generalization of the results is impossible.
B) threats to internal validity are not controlled in this type of design.
C) the control group is difficult to debrief.
D) it yields low external validity.
Answer: B
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A) Life time appointments for judicial officers B) Universal adult male suffrage C) The popular election of the attorney general and secretary of state D) Acceptance of the Sixteenth Amendment to the U. S. Constitution E) Integrated public colleges and universities
The right of candidates to spend their own money on running for office
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While the Constitution created much of the basic framework for the division of power, it failed to perfectly delineate ______.
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