A team of researchers conduct a study in which they want to look at how the performance of children is affected by a change in government education policy.To do this, thet look at the performance of students in 2 private and 2 public schools before and after a change of government policy.Which of the following is true?
A)This is a quasi-experiment because school type is not manipulated
B)The study has no independent variables.
C)The study has no dependent variables.
D)The study has a pre-test-post-test design.
E)Both (a)and (d).

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This is a quasi-experiment because the researchers did not manipulate the school type, making it similar to a natural experiment. The study has a pre-test and post-test design, as the researchers observed the performance of the students both before and after the policy change. Therefore, both (a) and (d) are correct answers. The study has independent variables (school type and government education policy) and dependent variables (the performance of the students). Hence, options B and C are incorrect.

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