Question

A researcher wants to examine the effectiveness of a new reading program for students with poor reading skills. She recruits 100 students in eighth grade with poor reading skills for the study. Half the subjects participate in the new reading program while the other half of the subjects participate in the regular reading program. After a semester, all 100 students are assessed for their reading skills to determine whether the new reading program works better than the regular reading program. To which population does the researcher hope to generalize the finding?

All students who have participated in the new reading program.

All students who are learning to read.

All eight-grade students with poor reading skills.

All eighth-grade students with proficient reading skills.

Answer 1

The answer is:

Since the researcher wants to examine the effectiveness of a new reading program for students with poor reading skills, the population will be of all students who participated in the new reading program. She wants to know the effectiveness of the reading program for all students who participate in the new reading program.

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