When the employees of an agency being studied voice concern about negative findings resulting from the evaluation, and the ramifications that could occur after the findings are made public, this is an example of which of the following?
A. a thorough qualitative inquiry
B. threat of evaluation
C. program drift
D. treatment differentiation
Answer: B
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a. Groups should be based exclusively on reading ability. b. Teachers should never have a group of all low-ability students. c. Teachers should use a variety of types of groups. d. Groups should always be deliberately heterogeneous.
The major means of control in single-subject experimental research is
a. replication. c. homogeneous selection. b. randomization. d. analysis of covariance.
According to the textbook, which of the following is true about adolescent rates of academic cheating compared to those of children?
a. They are lower. b. They are higher. c. They are about the same.
Which of the following types of designs would be strongest for establishing cause and effect?
A) static-group comparison B) time series C) matched comparison group D) randomized posttest control group E) one group pretest posttest