Which of the Following Is NOT True of Selection Effects

question 63

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true of selection effects?

• A)Selection effects are a type of confound.
• B)Selection effects can occur when experimenters allow participants to choose their own treatment group.
• C)Selection effects are unimportant for interrogating internal validity.
• D)Selection effects can occur when researchers assign one type of person to one treatment group and another type of person to another treatment group.

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Definitions:

Group Depreciation

A depreciation strategy applied to a collection of assets that have similar characteristics and useful lives, simplifying the process of calculating depreciation expenses.

Accumulated Depreciation

This refers to the total amount of a company's asset cost that has been expensed through depreciation over the asset's life, reducing its initial cost on the balance sheet.

Assets Sold

Items or properties a company has disposed of, either by selling, trading, or other means of transfer.

Sum-Of-The-Years'-Digits Depreciation

A method of depreciation that results in a more accelerated write-off of the asset than the straight-line method, basing the expense on a fraction that decreases year by year.