A Professor Is Advising You Regarding the Design of an Experiment

question 52

Multiple Choice

A professor is advising you regarding the design of an experiment for a thesis. She asks you what you think is the best way to eliminate unintended participant assignment. What is your well-reasoned, educated response?

• A) counterbalancing
• B) equating
• C) operationalizing
• D) randomization

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Definitions:

Racial Minorities

Groups of people who are classified or self-identify as belonging to a particular race and are numerically fewer than the dominant group in a given society.

Numeric Majority

A group or category constituting the greater part of a total population, often used in the context of democratic processes or social dynamics.

Triracial Stratification

A social division and hierarchy that recognizes three distinct racial groups, each with different levels of access to resources and social status.

Intermediary Racial Group

Socially defined racial categories that fall between traditional racial binaries, often based on perceived socio-political and cultural characteristics.