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kaid0807

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The single subject design often uses the _____ design.
 
  a. ABAB c. case study
  b. posttest only d. pretest posttest

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Let's assume you are conducting an experiment to determine the effect of a new drug on the incidence of epileptic seizures. You select 20 epileptics from the 150 epileptics being treated at a nearby hospital and administer the drug to them. You record the number of seizures in each of the 20 subjects for one month. The average (mean) number of seizures for the 20 subjects is called _________.
 
  a. the dependent variable c. a statistic
  b. data d. a parameter


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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The ABAB design is appropriate for single subject research because it allows for comparison of behavior under baseline and treatment conditions.

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Excellent

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