A researcher compares a group of Republicans and Democrats on a measure of beliefs about poverty.What makes this a quasi-experimental design?
A)The researcher is comparing preexisting groups,not random assignment.
B)You cannot be both a Republican and a Democrat at the same time.
C)There are two independent variables.
D)There is no operational definition for the dependent variable.

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This is a quasi-experimental design because the researcher is comparing preexisting groups (Republicans and Democrats) rather than randomly assigning participants to each group.

A Researcher Compares a Group of Republicans and Democrats on a Measure