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A researcher wants to look at the effects of stress endurance treatment on self-esteem in cancer patients. The researcher measures 50 cancer patients on self-esteem.
 
  The researcher then has all the participants attend stress endurance treatment sessions once a week. At the end of the 8-week treatment, participants are again measured on self-esteem. This is an example of a(n)
 
  A) ex post facto design.
  B) ad hoc design.
  C) single-group, posttest-only design.
  D) single-group, pretest-posttest design.

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When one group of participants is measured before and after the manipulation of the independent variable, we have a(n)
 
  A) ex post facto design.
  B) ad hoc design.
  C) single-group, pretest-posttest design.
  D) pretest-posttest, control-group design.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

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Answer: C





 

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