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yoroshambo

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The National Science Foundation has a policy of, each year, selecting the best young scientists and giving them a 5 year grant to allow them to work on their program of research.
 
  These scientists are selected based on the number of publications they have produced in the prior year. All scientists who have published 4 or more articles in the prior years receive these grants. The National Science Foundation wants to find out if this program is effective. The research design that could be used to best test the effect of this program is
 
 a. posttest-only design.
   b. regression-discontinuity design.
   c. one group pretest-posttest design.
   d. pretest-posttest design.

Question 2

Dr. Bassuk is conducting a pilot study for his newest research project. During this pilot study, he repeatedly stops the participants and interviews them. He asks them to report what they were thinking during each portion of the study.
 
  This group of participants in the pilot study can also be called a
 
   
 a. introspective group
   b. sacrifice group
   c. carry-over group
   d. concurrent group



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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

B



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