This is a quasi-experimental design in which two groups are compared but the groups were not assigned under the control of the experimenter
a. static group comparison design c. pretest-posttest design
b. posttest only design d. factorial design
A
This is a description of the static group comparison design. The posttest only and pretest-posttest designs have only one group, and in the factorial design, the experimenter assigns the participants to conditions.
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