Dr. Soto was conducting research in a small rural community in Asia that was affected by an earthquake. Dr. Soto collected baseline measurements on posttraumatic responses and then the natural disaster assistance team arrived. Dr. Soto collected the same information again from respondents after the disaster assistance team had been stationed for one week. After two weeks the disaster assistance team left and Dr. Soto collected posttraumatic response data again. Dr. Soto expected that the posttraumatic responses would _____ after the disaster assistance team left in this A-B-A design.

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In an A-B-A design, the expectation is that after the intervention (B) is removed, the subjects' responses or conditions will return to their original state (A), hence "return to baseline" is the expected outcome.

Dr Soto Was Conducting Research in a Small Rural Community