Random Assignment of Participants to Treatment or Control Groups Is

question 50

Multiple Choice

Random assignment of participants to treatment or control groups is important because it distributes ____ equally among study groups.

• A)confounding variables
• B)men and women
• C)subjects with different ethnic backgrounds
• D)consequence factors

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