A Researcher Is Conducting an Experiment to Gather Evidence About

question 493

Multiple Choice

A researcher is conducting an experiment to gather evidence about the most effective study techniques for committing material to memory. They randomly assign students to one of three groups that are instructed to learn a list of words using one of three techniques. If the researcher does not _____ the order of lists across participants, the _____ will be low.

• A)counterbalance; internal validity
• B)counterbalance; external validity
• C)randomize; internal validity
• D)randomize; external validity
• E)reverse; replication rate

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