How Is a Field Experiment Different from a Lab Experiment

question 86

Multiple Choice

How is a field experiment different from a lab experiment? Laboratory experiments require ________, but field experiments do not.

• A) manipulation of an independent variable
• B) random assignment
• C) control of extraneous variables
• D) measurement of the dependent variable

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