When a Researcher Assigns Participants to Either an Experimental or a Control

question 133

Multiple Choice

When a researcher assigns participants to either an experimental or a control group based on their last names, systematic differences between groups are created before the experiment even begins. This is a confounding variable referred to as _____

• A)observer bias.
• B)participant bias.
• C)selection bias.
• D)assignment bias.

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