Which Statement Is NOT Part of the Logic of Experimental

question 139

Multiple Choice

Which statement is NOT part of the logic of experimental designs?

• A) Two or more groups of participants vary on one or more variables at the outset.
• B) The participants within one group are given an experience that differs in only one way from the experience given to participants in the other group.
• C) The participants in different groups behave differently after the experiences.
• D) The different experiences are concluded to have caused the subsequent difference in behavior.

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Definitions:

Disjunction

A logical operation that yields a true statement if at least one of its component statements is true.

Tautological Disjunct

A component of a logical statement that repeats the same information in different words, making it unconditionally true.

Tautology

A statement in logic that is true in every possible interpretation or a redundant statement that does not add new information.

Truth Table

A truth table is a mathematical table used in logic to determine whether a proposition is true or false for all possible logical variables.