For each of the following research scenarios, decide whether the design uses a related sample. If the design uses a related sample, identify whether it uses matched subjects or repeated measures. (Note: Researchers can match subjects by matching particular characteristics, or, in some cases, matched subjects are naturally paired, such as siblings or married couples.) You are interested in a potential treatment for compulsive hoarding. You treat a group of 50 compulsive hoarders and compare their scores on the Hoarding Severity scale before and after the treatment. You want to see if the treatment will lead to lower hoarding scores.
The design described a, b, or c.
a. uses a related sample - repeated measures
b. uses a related sample - matched subjects
c. does not use a related sample
John Caccioppo was interested in possible mechanisms by which loneliness may have deterious effects of health. He compared the sleep quality of a random sample to lonely people to the sleep quality of a random sample of nonlonely people.
The design described a, b, or c.
a. does not use a related sample
b. uses a related sample (repeated measures)
c. uses a related sample (matched subjects)