A Matched?groups Design Differs from a Between-Subjects Design in That

question 18

Multiple Choice

A matched?groups design differs from a between-subjects design in that in the matched-group design,

• A) participants are assigned randomly to conditions of the experiment.
• B) participants are matched across groups on their scores on the dependent variable.
• C) participants in each condition of the experiment are matched on one or more characteristics to reduce the variability between groups.
• D) participants are tested in more than one condition of the experiment.

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