A group of physicians tests a new analgesic on their patients with chronic pain problems. They obtain patient ratings of pain, administer the new drug for a week, and then obtain pain ratings again. They find that pain ratings are down 10 points at their second observation. This is an example of which experimental design.
A) one-group posttest-only design
B) one-group pretest-posttest design
C) non-equivalent posttest-only design
D) non-equivalent before-after pretest-posttest) design

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This is an example of a one-group pretest-posttest design because the same group of patients is measured for pain before and after the administration of the new analgesic, allowing for a comparison of pain ratings directly linked to the intervention.

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