A researcher wants to examine people's preference for pets by having 10 people act as "foster owners" for four different types of family pets: dogs, cats, birds, and fish.The participants will foster each type of pet for one week, and a scale measure will be used to assess preference.Which research design should be used?
A) one-way between-groups ANOVA
B) correlation
C) one-way within-groups ANOVA
D) paired-samples t tests

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Since every participant will be fostering all four types of pets, a within-groups ANOVA is appropriate for analyzing the data. This design allows for each participant to act as their own control, which increases the power of the study and reduces the likelihood of confounding variables.

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