A New York Times article published on April 24, 2007, reported the research of Dr.Vallortigara, a neuroscientist at the University of Trieste, Italy.In this study, Dr.Vallortigara assessed whether a dog's tail wags in a preferred direction in response to positive as opposed to negative stimuli.First Dr.Vallortigara recruited 30 dogs that were family pets.While filming a dog's tail from above, he allowed the dog to view (through a slot in its cage) its owner, an unfamiliar human, a cat, and an unfamiliar dominant dog.The study found that dogs' tails wagged to the right for the owner and to the left for the unfamiliar dominant dog.What type of research design did Dr.Vallortigara employ?
A) between-groups
B) within-groups
C) non-experimental
D) quasi-experimental

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Dr. Vallortigara used a within-groups design, in which each participant (dog) was exposed to all stimuli (owner, unfamiliar human, cat, and dominant dog) and their tail wagging direction was measured in response to each stimulus.

A New York Times Article Published on April 24, 2007