In a study comparing two nonequivalent groups, a ...

[rosent76]

In a study comparing two nonequivalent groups, a selection-history confound occurs when
 
  a. some event intervenes between pretest and posttest and affects just one of the groups.
  b. some event intervenes between pretest and posttest and affects both selected groups equally.
  c. selection influences one of the groups and history influences the other.
  d. some historical event causes a failure of the random assignment procedure.

Question 2

How could Dr. Benning's study be improved?
 
  a) offer no inducements
   b) use non-prisoners
  c) randomly assign only non-smokers to the conditions
  d) use a more sensitive dependent measure

[Zack0mack0101@yahoo.com]

Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B

[rosent76]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[TheDev123]

Excellent