DrCoulombe Is Conducting an Experiment on the Effect of Alcohol

question 68

Multiple Choice

Dr.Coulombe is conducting an experiment on the effect of alcohol consumption on reaction time.Half of the subjects drink alcoholic drinks and half drink non-alcoholic versions of the same drinks.Which type of research flaw should be minimized by this research design

• A) experimenter expectancy
• B) self-report bias 
• C) the placebo effect
• D) sampling bias

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