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moongchi

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Dr. Malloy is working on a study where he is interested in measuring age differences in problem-solving behavior across the lifespan.
 
  To conduct this study, he brings into his laboratory a group of 5-year-old children, measures the subjects' ability to solve a number of word problems, and asks these same subjects to return to his laboratory once every 5 years for the next 20 years so that he can remeasure their performance on similar tasks. It appears as though Dr. Falcone is carrying out a
 
   a. longitudinal design.
   b. cross-sectional design.
   c. a true laboratory experiment with a high degree of internal validity.
   d. naturalistic observational design.

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In a study on memory, Professor Roberts randomly assigns his subjects to one of two different groups: a group that is given 10 minutes to study a list of spelling words, and a second group that.
 
  while treated identically to the first group, does not receive a 10-minute study session. Following this, a spelling test was given to both groups to assess the level of spelling mastery. In this example, the first group would be considered the __________, while the second group would be considered the __________.
 
   a. experimental; control
   b. control; experimental
   c. experimental; quasi-experimental
   d. quasi-experimental; control



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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moongchi

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Gracias!

 

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