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kfurse

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A recent research study examined whether sending text messages to overweight children would help enable them to maintain a weight-loss program. In this experiment, some children were randomly assigned to receive text messages and other children were assigned to the control condition and did not receive text messages. The dependent variable in this experiment was
 
  A) continued enrollment in a weight-loss program.
  B) text messages.
  C) weight loss.
  D) not receiving text messages.

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One of the advantages of conducting a longitudinal study is that longitudinal studies can ___________________ __.
 
  A) be completed quickly.
  B) help identify developmental trends and patterns.
  C) determine causality.
  D) be completed with relatively few researchers.


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fdliggud

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Reply #1 on: Jun 21, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

B


kfurse

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Reply 2 on: Jun 21, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Gracias!

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