The Purpose of Matching Individual Subjects Before Randomly Assigning One

question 96

Multiple Choice

The purpose of matching individual subjects before randomly assigning one to Group A and the other to Group B is to

• A) assure that the groups are truly random.
• B) assure that the groups are equivalent on the dependent variable.
• C) control as many extraneous variables as possible.
• D) assure that the groups are not equivalent on the dependent variable.

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