Hébert and his Quebec team lead the PRISMA project on the promotion of autonomy and wellbeing in the frail elderly (Hébert et al., 2010). The effects of PRISMA on functional decline are:
a) Greater satisfaction and empowerment among the elderly
b) A reduction of 150 cases per 1,000 of functional decline
c) A reduction in the involvement of informal caregivers
d) A reduction in reliance on medication among the elderly
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An instructor wishes to find out whether a new teaching method is superior to his usual procedures, so he conducts an experiment. Everyone in his classes is quite excited about the prospect of learning under the new procedure, but he cannot administer the new teaching method to everyone: a random half of the students receive the new method and the remaining half receive the old method. What is
the most obvious flaw in this experiment? a. Subjects should have been systematically assigned to groups. b. The sample is not representative of the population. c. Placebo effects or experimenter bias are likely to affect results. d. Distortions in self-report will affect results.