Question

A school administrator wants to examine the effect of student lockers on class tardiness. He compares tardiness records of a school with no lockers to a school with lockers. What type of research design is this? 1) A. Nonequivalent control group 2) B. One-group pretest-posttest 3) C. One-shot case study 4) D. Pretest only

Answer 1

A. Nonequivalent control group

Explanation:

The research design described, where the administrator compares tardiness records between a school with no lockers and a school with lockers, is best categorized as Nonequivalent control group

In a nonequivalent control group design, the researcher compares groups that were not randomly assigned and therefore may differ in important ways. In this case, the two schools (one with lockers and one without) are compared, but there is a lack of random assignment which could lead to potential differences in the groups aside from the presence of lockers.