A researcher asks a sample of brothers and sisters to rate how positive their family environment was during childhood.In this study,the differences in ratings between each brother and sister pair were compared.The type of design described here is called a
A) repeated-measures design.
B) matched-samples design.
C) repeated-measures design and matched-samples design.

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The design described in the scenario is a matched-samples design, where the differences within each pair of siblings are compared. It is not a repeated-measures design, as each sibling is only rated once on their childhood family environment.

A Researcher Asks a Sample of Brothers and Sisters to Rate