What type of design did Johnson,Richeson,and Finkel (2011)use in their study on the effect of being a poor or middle class student at Northwestern University?
A)a person-by-treatment quasi-experiment
B)a survey
C)a nature-by-treatment two-groups design
D)a laboratory experiment

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Johnson, Richeson, and Finkel (2011) used a person-by-treatment quasi-experiment, as they analyzed the effects of a particular treatment (being a poor or middle-class student) on individuals. This design allowed the researchers to compare the outcomes of two different groups (poor vs. middle-class) without randomly assigning individuals to those groups.

What Type of Design Did Johnson,Richeson,and Finkel (2011)use in Their