The Technique of Placing Comparable Subjects in All Experimental Groups

question 131

Multiple Choice

The technique of placing comparable subjects in all experimental groups in an attempt to control tor confounding variables is called ____.

• A)assignment randomization
• B)Holding a variable constant
• C)matching
• D)blocking

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Definitions:

Pareto Optimal

A resource distribution paradigm where it's unattainable to ameliorate the situation of one individual without diminishing that of another.

Utility Functions

Representations of an individual's preference ordering over a set of goods or outcomes, quantifying the satisfaction obtained from each.

Private Goods Consumption

The act of consuming goods that are excludable and rivalrous in nature, implying that one individual's consumption of the good prevents others from consuming the same unit of the good.

Clarke Tax

A taxation mechanism designed to make individuals reveal their true valuation for a public good.