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Explain why an ABAB reversal design is inappropriate for a treatment that has a permanent or long-lasting effect.
The reason behind the inappropriateness of ABAB design for a treatment that has permanent or long-lasting effects.
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If the treatment has long-lasting effects on a dependent variable then it is not possible that a difference can be viewed after removal of treatment or in other words, the system will not be affected by the treatment, once the treatment is introduced. So, the removal or to introduce the treatment to a system is meaningless in terms of time and resources as it is totally wasted according to ABAB design. In that case, it is not suitable design because of waste of time and resources as the effect of treatment cannot be visualized after removal of treatment.
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