The principal of a school wants her students to perform better on the exam in th

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The principal of a school wants her students to perform better on the exam in the future, so she develops a special reading progam to help improve students reading skills. she wants to test the effectiveness, so she obtains a random sample of 50 students to take part in the study she randomly assigns each student to either participate in the reading program or be part of a comparison group that DOESNT receive the progam. there are 25 who receive the progam and 25 who DONT. she then gives all the students a reading skills exam and records their scores on the exam.

1. is this study a true experiement or a quasi-experiment?

2. what is the independent and dependent variable in this study?

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1. is this study a true experiment or a quasi-experiment?

This study a true experiment because there is an intervention and subjects are randomly assigned to the groups.

2. what is the independent and dependent variable in this study?

independent variable: Reading program ( receive program, not receive program)

dependent variable: Reading skill score.

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