We want to study the mean difference in autonomy between first-born and second-born children. Instead of taking a random sample of children we take a random sample of families and sort the children into first- and second-born. The dependent variable is a measure of autonomy. This experiment would most likely employ

a. a repeated measures analysis.
b. an independent measures analysis.
c. a correlation coefficient.
d. a scatterplot.

A

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