1. A group comparable in every way possible to your experimental group except that it does not receive the program is called a(n) ____ group.
a. ?control
b. ?placebo
c. ?blinded
d. ?nonequivalent
2. When taking the pretest affects how participants do on the posttest, there is a(n) ____ threat.
a. ?history
b. ?maturation
c. ?instrumentation
d. ?testing
3. When the tests (or observers) used on the posttest and the pretest differ, there is a(n) ____ threat.
a. ?history
b. ?mortality
c. ?instrumentation
d. ?regression
4. The blocks in the randomized block design are ____.
a. ?constructed to be homogeneous
b. ?randomly constructed
c. ?constructed to be representative of the population
d. ?self-selected
5. What type of design is a pretest-posttest program-comparison-group quasi-experimental design in which a cutoff criterion on the preprogram measure is the method of assignment to a group?
a. ?non-equivalent groups
b. ?regression discontinuity
c. ?proxy-pretest
d. ?separate pre-post samples
6. Data graphs are a type of ____ statistics.
a. ?causal
b. ?descriptive
c. ?inferential
d. ?deductive