Assume that a clinician is seeing a client who is not responding to the treatment program.With the hope of determining what factor(s)might be responsible for this lack of improvement,the clinician compares notes from therapy sessions against those from another client with similar characteristics and symptoms,but who responded positively to the treatment.This is an example of ____.
A) naturalistic observation
B) a case study
C) a survey approach
D) a deviant-case analysis

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This is an example of a deviant-case analysis, where the clinician is comparing a non-responding client (deviant case) to a responding client (control case) to identify factors that might explain the difference in treatment outcomes.

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