A Researcher Is Testing the Effectiveness of a New Math

question 346

Multiple Choice

A researcher is testing the effectiveness of a new math program. The extraneous variables, such as temperature and lighting, will best be controlled by

• A)randomly assigning students to rooms of varying temperature and light intensity.
• B)randomly selecting the rooms in which the students will be taught.
• C)making the temperature and the amount of light the same for all the rooms.
• D)letting the students select the room temperature and lighting in which they are most comfortable.

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