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cnetterville

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on: Jun 22, 2018
Kira is involved in a research study consisting of four phases. First, her behavior is monitored under baseline conditions. Then her mother gives her rewards for specific behaviors. In the third stage, she goes back to baseline, and in the fourth, her mother again rewards her. What kind of research is this?
 
  a. a single-participant experiment
  b. longitudinal
 c. correlational
 d. a field study

Question 2

A particular concern about the usefulness of single-subject designs is ____.
 
  a. researcher bias
 b. whether they provide information about cause and effect
  c. their internal validity
 d. their external validity


nixon_s

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d


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