Last fall, a state college introduced a one-week study skills course for new freshmen students. At the end of the academic year, the college compared the grades and dropout rate for their freshmen with the corresponding measurements for freshmen at a neighboring state college. This study is an example of a ____.
A) posttest-only nonequivalent control group design
B) Pretest-posttest nonequivalent control group design
C) differential research design
D) time-series design

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This study is an example of a posttest-only nonequivalent control group design because it compares outcomes (grades and dropout rates) between two groups (freshmen at the state college who took the study skills course and freshmen at a neighboring college who did not) after an intervention (the study skills course), without having measured these outcomes before the intervention.

Last Fall, a State College Introduced a One-Week Study Skills