RESEARCH STUDY 12.1 Dr. Fletcher Is Interested in Whether Joining a Fraternity/sorority Causes

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RESEARCH STUDY 12.1
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/appearance concern (the Body Concern Scale) .
-Refer to Research Study 12.1 above to answer the following question. 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) Because it is not possible to study private organizations, like fraternities/sororities
• B) Because it is not possible to measure body concern
• C) Because he was unable to recruit more people
• D) Because he was unable to recruit an equal number of males and females
• E) Because he was unable to randomly assign participants to join a fraternity/sorority

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