Suppose we decide to conduct an experiment with your statistics class. Our dependent variable is student absences, and our intervention is that after the 5th week, the instructor starts taking attendance publicly by calling out the name of each student. We measure attendance every week and see the trend before and after the intervention. What kind of experiment design is this?Group of answer choicesrandomisedTime seriesboth
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Suppose we decide to conduct an experiment with your statistics class. Our dependent variable is student absences, and our intervention is that after the 5th week, the instructor starts taking attendance publicly by calling out the name of each student. We measure attendance every week and see the trend before and after the intervention. What kind of experiment design is this?Group of answer choicesrandomisedTime seriesboth
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This is an example of a Time series experiment design. In this design, measurements are taken at multiple time points before and after an intervention. In this case, the intervention is the instructor starting to take attendance publicly after the 5th week. The attendance is measured every week, and the trend is observed before and after the intervention.
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