Imagine That a Group of Researchers Designed a Study to Test

question 92

Multiple Choice

Imagine that a group of researchers designed a study to test the effectiveness of subliminal-message weight-loss tapes. Half the participants receive real tapes, and half receive similar tapes with the subliminal messages removed. All the participants are told that their tapes contain subliminal messages. This study would be an example of

• A) the case study research.
• B) the single-blind research method.
• C) anecdotal research.
• D) experimenter bias in selecting a random sample.

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