Attributing Causality to a Subject Variable Is Incorrect Because

question 3

Multiple Choice

Attributing causality to a subject variable is incorrect because:

• A) assignment to groups was not random.
• B) the subjects in each group may have different histories.
• C) the logic of experimentation is weakened.
• D) all of these

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