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Dr.Mentor is conducting an experiment examining the effects of cell phone conversations on reaction times while driving a car.Each participant while either conversing on a cell phone or not,maneuvers a driving course on a simulator.This simulated drive is videotaped.The research assistant hired to do the coding of the video tapes does not believe cell phone use should be banned while driving a motor vehicle and tends to err in the coding of the reaction times in a way that favours this belief.This experimenter expectancy effect could be controlled for with:


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