Dr Gillespie Conducts an Experiment on Childhood Aggression

question 14

Multiple Choice

Dr. Gillespie conducts an experiment on childhood aggression. She has two groups in her experiment. She places participants into each group by flipping a coin. Heads places them in group A; tails places them in group B. In this experiment, Dr. Gillespie has satisfied the requirement of

• A)experimental control.
• B)placebo control.
• C)blind experimentation.
• D)random assignment.

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