When Participants Are Randomly Assigned to Levels of the Independent

question 38

Multiple Choice

When participants are randomly assigned to levels of the independent variable in an experiment to control for individual differences as an extraneous variable, this is called ______.

• A) chance assignment
• B) arbitrary assignment
• C) haphazard assignment
• D) random assignment

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Definitions:

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