A researcher asks a sample of brothers and sisters to rate how positive their family environment was during childhood.In this study,the differences in ratings between each brother and sister pair were compared.The type of design described here is called a
A)repeated measures design
B)matched samples design
C)both A and B

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This is a matched samples design because the ratings are being compared between brother and sister pairs who share the same family environment during childhood. Repeated measures design would involve collecting data from the same individual at different time points.

A Researcher Asks a Sample of Brothers and Sisters to Rate