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dakota nelson

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In a study of the effects of a reduced speed limit on arrests for speeding, it was discovered that the police had switched from radar to Vascar (a new way of measuring the speed of an oncoming car).
 
  What possible confounding factor did this switch introduce?
 
  A) instrumentation
  B) history
  C) maturation
  D) regression to the mean

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If researchers were interested in studying the effects of New York State's raising of the drinking age to 21 on traumatic brain injury, what type of research design would be ideal?
 
  A) a standard 2 X 2 factorial
  B) an equivalent control-group design
  C) a between-subjects design
  D) an interrupted time-series design


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Reply #1 on: Aug 4, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: A

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


dakota nelson

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Reply 2 on: Aug 4, 2018
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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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