One Disadvantage to Using Precedence to Choose Participants Is That

question 97

Multiple Choice

One disadvantage to using precedence to choose participants is that

• A) the researcher will have little past information on that type of participant.
• B) there is an increased chance of experimenter expectancies affecting the research.
• C) there is decreased power in the experiment.
• D) there is limited generalizability of the information that is gathered.

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