Pregnant women planning to deliver their baby in hospital A were given a poison control test. After the delivery of their baby, the new moms attended a two-hour training session on poison control. One week later, at the baby's one-week check-up exam, the new moms retook the poison control test. Located in the same city, pregnant women planning to deliver their baby in hospital B were given a poison control test. One week later, at the baby's one-week check-up exam, these new moms retook the poison control test. What design is being used?

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This is a nonequivalent control group design because there are two groups being compared (those delivering in hospital A and those in hospital B), where one group receives an intervention (the two-hour training session on poison control) and the other does not, without random assignment to groups.

Pregnant Women Planning to Deliver Their Baby in Hospital a Were