There are two jails in your city: one houses state detainees awaiting trial while the other houses federal prisoners awaiting trial. You have been asked to assess why there are differences in the institutional behavior between these two institutions. Which design would be appropriate?
A) nonequivalent groups
B) true experiment
C) classical experiment
D) interrupted time-series

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A nonequivalent groups design is appropriate because it allows for the comparison of two groups (state detainees and federal prisoners) that cannot be randomly assigned, making it suitable for assessing differences in institutional behavior in naturally occurring groups.

There Are Two Jails in Your City: One Houses State