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yoroshambo

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In Widom's study of the effects of child abuse and its impact upon later criminal offenses, she selected a sample of children with court records of being abuse victims and gathered a comparison group that was matched on gender, race, age, and socioeconomic status. The technique used in this case was:
 
  a. individual matching
  b. aggregate matching
  c. randomization
  d. all of the above

Question 2

When using a nonequivalent-groups design the researcher will handle subject assignment to groups by:
 
  a. random assignment to experimental and control groups
  b. allowing subjects to pick which group they want to be in
  c. matching subjects in the experimental group to those in the comparison group
  d. convenience


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Reply #1 on: Aug 13, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

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yoroshambo

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Reply #2 on: Aug 13, 2018
Both answers were spot on, thank you once again


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Reply #3 on: Aug 13, 2018
Great! Please up vote :D


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