In Wood and Bootzin's (1990)study of nightmares following earthquakes, students living in the area of the earthquake and who experienced it were in the experimental group. The nonequivalent control group consisted of
A)comparable students who heard of the earthquake but lived at a university far away from it
B)students living in the quake area who slept through it
C)parents of the students
D)comparable students who lived at a distant university and had not heard about the earthquake

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The nonequivalent control group consisted of students who heard of the earthquake but lived at a university far away from it, making them comparable to the experimental group in terms of being students but differing in their direct experience of the earthquake.

In Wood and Bootzin's (1990)study of Nightmares Following Earthquakes, Students