You Are a Research Assistant Helping a Psychologist to Examine

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Essay

You are a research assistant helping a psychologist to examine the effects of vitamin E on memory. Discuss each of the following as it relates to this experiment:
a. the independent, dependent, and possible extraneous variables
b. how the extraneous variables will be controlled
c. how the experimental and control groups will be set up
d. whether a single-blind or double-blind experiment will be utilized
e. how the results will be evaluated

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