A Teacher Is Supposed to Be Randomly Assigning Students to Experimental

question 45

Multiple Choice

A teacher is supposed to be randomly assigning students to experimental and control groups, for participation in a learning project mandated by the school district. The teacher has an alphabetized master list of the students, numbered 1 through 30. Which is the most logical way to randomly assign the students to group?

• A)Put numbers 1 to 30 in a hat, draw them out one by one, and put them into alternating groups.
• B)Place the first 15 subjects from the alphabetized list in one group and the last 15 in the other group.
• C)Ignore numbers, and let the students choose their groups.
• D)Put numbers 1 to 30 into a hat and draw one, placing it in the experimental group. Then find a student with similar gender, attributes, and abilities, and put that one into the control group. Then go back to the hat for the next experimental subject.

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