Which of the Following Methods Can Be Used in the Design

question 102

Multiple Choice

Which of the following methods can be used in the design of a study to control for alternative explanations of the results?

• A)random assignment to experimental groups
• B)reducing sampling error by increasing the sample sizes for the various groups
• C)reducing sampling error by defining the groups such that the variances for each group will be small
• D)b and c
• E)all of these

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