Changes in Subjects' Behavior Caused by the Unintended Influence of an Experimenter's

question 76

Multiple Choice

Changes in subjects' behavior caused by the unintended influence of an experimenter's actions are referred to as

• A)researcher bias.
• B)the field experiment effect.
• C)research participant bias.
• D)the extraneous effect.

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