The nurse researcher was planning a quantitative study using a true experimental design.However,it changed to a pre-experimental design.Which characteristic would not be used in the pre-experimental design?
A)Two groups
B)Treatment applied
C)Random group assignments
D)Dependent variable measured

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Random group assignments are a characteristic of true experimental designs, not pre-experimental designs. In pre-experimental designs, there may not be randomization of participants or groups, and therefore the validity of the findings may be limited.

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