In a previous correlational study,Dr.Lafayette has found that owning dogs is associated with lower levels of daily stress in a sample of returning war veterans.Which of the following would constitute a shift from theory-testing mode to generalization mode?
A) Conducting a study on the same sample of war veterans, this time using a different measure of daily stress
B) Conducting a study examining the stress reduction in dogs
C) Conducting an experimental study in which he assigns people to own a dog or not
D) Conducting a study using a sample of elderly participants from a local retirement home
E) All of the above would be studies done in generalization mode

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Conducting a study using a sample of elderly participants from a local retirement home would constitute a shift from theory-testing mode to generalization mode, as it would involve testing the hypothesis in a different population. The other options, while they may involve different methods or measures, would still involve testing the same hypothesis in the same population and therefore remain in theory-testing mode.

In a Previous Correlational Study,Dr