State whether each of the following is an example of a repeated-measures design or a matched-samples design. A. Researchers measure the number of unforced errors committed by a sample of professional tennis players during each set of a tennis match.B. Researchers record the amount of time (in minutes) that parent-child pairs spend on social networking sites to test for generational differences between the pairs.C. Researchers compare perceptions of safety in four different social settings among pairs of participants matched based on emotional stability scores.
What will be an ideal response?
(a) repeated measures design, (b) matched samples design with naturally occurring pairs, (c) matched pairs design with experimentally matched pairs
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