Research Participants Are Randomly Assigned to Different Groups in an Experiment

question 830

Multiple Choice

Research participants are randomly assigned to different groups in an experiment in order to

• A)reduce the likelihood that participants within any group know each other.
• B)increase the likelihood that research participants are representative of people in general.
• C)reduce the likelihood of any preexisting differences between groups of participants.
• D)increase the likelihood that the different groups have the same number of participants.

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