How Does the Experimental Question Guide the Selection of Participants

question 8

Multiple Choice

How does the experimental question guide the selection of participants?

• A) It should suggest certain participant characteristics that will help reveal effects on behavior
• B) It should suggest how participants will need to behave to react meaningfully to the treatment and control conditions
• C) It should suggest the type of learning histories the participants should share
• D) All of the above

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