My hypothetical experiment is a pretest posttest nonequivalent control group quasi experimental design. I am testing the effectiveness of a math anxiety intervention between two middle school pre-algebra classes from the same school. I understand that internal validity is an issue with non-equivalent control group designs. What tests are suitable to determine whether the two groups are suitable to use? Also, what is the best approach to analyze data? If I am looking at mean scores for pretest and posttest, do I use ANOVA testing? I have read that this might not be the best choice.