When Researchers Visited 32 Pubs in One City They Ordered

question 210

Multiple Choice

When researchers visited 32 pubs in one city they ordered beers and recorded observations on napkins and pieces of newspaper. The reason they kept records in this way was:

• A) to be able to determine experimenter effects at a later point in time.
• B) to make sure that their intentions were not obvious to those they were observing.
• C) to conduct a double-blind study in each of the pubs.
• D) to make sure the study had test-retest reliability.

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