refer to the abstract below.
The abstract below is taken from the 2013 issue of the journal Education and Treatment of Children. The authors of the paper examined whether children with autism can be conditioned and taught to use eye contact. Instructors are advised to use the reference below to retrieve the original abstract for their use.
Carbone, V. J., O'Brien, L., Sweeney-Kerwin, E. J., & Albert, K. M. (2013). Teaching eye contact to children with autism: A conceptual analysis and single case study. Education and Treatment of Children, 36(2), 139-159.
-Which of the following is not a valid reason to employ the design that the authors chose?
A) Conditioning procedures may harm the child, and little is known about the consequences of this treatment.
B) The researchers were hoping to achieve a large amount of quantitative data to statistically test the outcomes of the treatment.
C) The chosen design might have been the more cost effective.
D) Withholding a potentially beneficial treatment comes with ethical considerations.

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The authors chose a single case study design, which aims to thoroughly examine and understand the effects of an intervention on an individual subject. This design is appropriate for this study because it allows for a detailed analysis of the effects of the eye contact intervention on each individual child with autism. However, the authors were not necessarily aiming to achieve a large amount of quantitative data to statistically test the outcomes of the treatment, as this is not a primary goal of single case study designs. Therefore, choice B is not a valid reason to employ the design that the authors chose.

Refer to the Abstract Below