A Researcher Studying Individual Attitudes Divides Participants into Two Groups

question 27

Multiple Choice

A researcher studying individual attitudes divides participants into two groups and has them watch news reports in a home theater setting created in a college classroom. This is an example of a(n) ______.

• A) random experiment
• B) laboratory experiment
• C) controlled comparison
• D) invalid experiment

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