Which of the following pattern of results of a nonequivalent ...

[cartlidgeashley]

Which of the following pattern of results of a nonequivalent control group design is generally interpretable?
 
  a. The control and experimental groups are equal in the pretest, but unequal in the posttest.
  b. The control group is higher than the experimental group on both pretest and posttest, but the experimental group increases more.
  c. The experimental group is higher than the control group on both pretest and posttest, but the experimental group increases more.
  d. Any pattern in which the experimental group changes more than the control group from pretest to posttest.

Question 2

A distinguishing characteristic of the nonequivalent control-group design is that the
 
  a. control group does not receive a pretest
  b. researcher has control over confounding variables
  c. experimental and control treatments are randomly assigned to the groups
  d. subjects are not randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups

[dajones82]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d

[cartlidgeashley]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[aruss1303]

Great answer, keep it coming