One of the Hallmarks of the Experimental Method That Makes

question 90

Multiple Choice

One of the hallmarks of the experimental method that makes it different from a correlational study is that in an experiment,

• A)we observe what happens in the natural world.
• B)the researcher is unaware of the independent variable.
• C)a variable is manipulated in a way that would not have occurred naturally.
• D)there are multiple control groups.

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