A Food Company Tests a New Product by Having One

question 18

Multiple Choice

A food company tests a new product by having one group of subjects taste their own product first and then taste a competitor's product second,while a second group of experimental subjects tastes the competitor's product first followed by the company's own product.Which type of experimental design is being used?

• A)counterbalanced
• B)reversed
• C)confounded
• D)validated

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