If a Friend at the Next Lab Bench Was Working

question 67

Multiple Choice

If a friend at the next lab bench was working on an unknown fungus and shouted "I've found zygospores," you would tell your friend that the fungus was probably a member of the 

• A) Chytridiomycota.
• B) Ascomycota.
• C) Zygomycota.
• D) Basidiomycota.
• E) Glomeromycota.

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Definitions:

Natural Experiments

Research designs that involve observing the effects of naturally occurring variables or events, as opposed to manipulations made by the researcher.

Quasi-experiments

Research designs that attempt to establish cause-and-effect relationships but lack the element of random assignment to treatment or control groups.

External Validity

The extent to which the results of a study can be generalized or applied to contexts outside of the experimental conditions.

Matched Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects closely matched to the experimental group in key variables but not receiving the intervention.