A Method of Assigning Research Participants to Groups So That

question 115

Multiple Choice

A method of assigning research participants to groups so that each participant has an equal chance of being in any group is known as

• A) random selection.
• B) random assignment.
• C) between-subjects assignment.
• D) correlated assignment.

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Definitions:

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