Author Question: I selected my 7th grade classmates as the control group and a group of 7th graders from another ... (Read 49 times)

P68T · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

I selected my 7th grade classmates as the control group and a group of 7th graders from another school as the treatment group. What bias has a good chance of impacting this study?

a. bias due to history
b. the posttest-only control-group design
c. bias due to maturation
d. biased selection

Question 2

An educator is interested in whether including a physically challenged student in a kindergarten class will enhance the other students' level of compassion.

The educator assesses the students' level of compassion at the beginning of the year, before the physically challenged student was assigned to the classroom. At the end of the school year, the educator reassesses the students' level of compassion and notes whether overall compassion has increased or decreased. This is an example of which type of research design according to Campbell and his colleagues?
a. the posttest-only control group design
b. the one-shot case study design
c. an expectancy control design
d. the one-group pre-post study