What Happens When We Match Participants on a Variable That

question 131

Multiple Choice

What happens when we match participants on a variable that is unrelated to the dependent variable?

• A) We increase our chances of finding a significant effect.
• B) We decrease our chances of finding a significant effect.
• C) We increase the generalizability of our experiment.
• D) We decrease our chances of having experimenter bias in the study.

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