Pretests in an experiment
a. measure variables that existed prior to the beginning of the experiment.
b. can be used to assess gains or losses among the research participants as a result of the experimental
intervention.
c. can be used to make statistical adjustments that equate the experimental and control groups on the
variables measured by the pretests.
d. All of the above.
d
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a. correlational b. qualitative c. experimental d. retrospective
At the age of 5, when children enter school, the language centers of the brain are
A. at comparable levels of development in boys and girls. B. more developed in boys than in girls. C. more developed in girls than in boys. D. still too immature to prepare a child to start reading.
Match the following related to teacher compensation:
a. $ 73,398 b. $ 56,389 c. $ 46,504 d. $ 50,375 e. $ 38,804
All of the following are relational strategies used in qualitative research except:
A) percentiles B) hierarchies C) typologies D) networks