The basis for Sidman's (1960) argument that single-subject designs are preferable to group-comparison designs is that
A) single-subject designs are more efficient.
B) single-subject designs are less costly.
C) in the process of summarizing each group's performance, we may lose important information on how individuals perform.
D) group-comparison designs generally require the use of sophisticated Bayesian statistical analyses.
Answer: C
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