Two Independent Groups If We Do Not Randomly Assign Subjects

question 12

Multiple Choice

Two Independent Groups If we do not randomly assign subjects to treatment conditions,

• A)confounding may occur.
• B)we will gain external validity.
• C)the sample selected may be biased.
• D)we will not be able to estimate effect size.

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