What Procedure Would You Use to Ensure That Experimental and Control

question 53

Multiple Choice

What procedure would you use to ensure that experimental and control groups will be similar in most ways

• A) Allow the control group to be larger than the experimental group. 
• B) Extensive interviewing and checklists allow you to document all potential differences. 
• C) Operational definitions of similarity must be created. 
• D) Random assignment allows groups to be fairly similar.

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