By delaying or temporally staggering the introduction of the intervention condition in the second baseline, the investigator creates an opportunity to compare responding under the ______ condition in the second baseline with responding under the ______ condition in the first baseline:
A) treatment; control
B) control; control
C) treatment; treatment
D) control; treatment

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By delaying or temporally staggering the introduction of the intervention condition in the second baseline, the investigator creates an opportunity to compare responding under the control condition in the second baseline with responding under the treatment condition in the first baseline. This helps to assess the effectiveness of the intervention by comparing it with the baseline where no intervention was present. Therefore, the best choice is D, which represents the comparison of control condition in the second baseline with the treatment condition in the first baseline.

By Delaying or Temporally Staggering the Introduction of the Intervention