Research Participants Are Randomly Assigned to Different Groups in an Experiment

question 26

Multiple Choice

Research participants are randomly assigned to different groups in an experiment in order to

• A)minimize chances that participants in any group know one another.
• B)increase chances that participants are representative of people in general.
• C)minimize any differences between groups of participants.
• D)increase chances that the different groups have the same number of participants.

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