Dr Fletcher Is Interested in Whether Joining a Fraternity/sorority Causes

question 50

Multiple Choice

Dr. Fletcher is interested in whether joining a fraternity/sorority causes people to become more concerned about their attractiveness and appearance. He recruits a group of 55 freshmen (25 males, 30 females) who are planning to go through fraternity/sorority recruitment on his campus. After they join, he gives them a measure of attractiveness concern/appearance concern (the Body Concern Scale) .
If Dr. Fletcher is interested in a causal relationship between joining a fraternity/sorority and attractiveness/appearance concern, why doesn't he conduct a true experiment?

• A)It is not possible to study private organizations, like fraternities/sororities.
• B)It is not possible to measure body concern.
• C)He was unable to recruit an equal number of males and females.
• D)He was unable to randomly assign participants to join a fraternity/sorority.

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