A park ranger records the daily number of individuals visiting a park six months before and six months after an admission fee is imposed. During the same time period, he compares the number of visits to two comparable parks that have no admission fee. This quasi-experimental design would be an example of a(n):
A)nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design.
B)interrupted time series design.
C)control series design.
D)reversal design.

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The design is a control series design because it involves comparing the park with an admission fee to other similar parks without a fee, serving as control groups, over a period of time.

A Park Ranger Records the Daily Number of Individuals Visiting