A Researcher Introduces a New Phonics Program in One Preschool

Multiple Choice

A researcher introduces a new phonics program in one preschool and uses a neighboring preschool as a no-treatment control group. After the program is in place for one academic year, the researcher intends to evaluate the reading skills of the students in both preschools and then compare their scores. This research cannot be classified as a true experiment because ____.

A) the treatment is administered to only one group
B) there is no pretest to determine mathematics ability before the program
C) the researcher does not control the assignment of participants to groups
D) it is not conducted in a laboratory