If Experimental Treatments Produce an Effect

question 14

Multiple Choice

If experimental treatments produce an effect:

• A) between-groups variance will increase
• B) between-groups variance will decrease
• C) within-groups variance will increase
• D) within-groups variance will stay the same

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