Experimental Control Is Important Because It Enables the Researcher to Ensure

question 62

Multiple Choice

Experimental control is important because it enables the researcher to ensure that:

• A) participants are randomly assigned to groups.
• B) differences in the dependent variable are explained by differences in the independent variable.
• C) levels of the independent variable are consistent.
• D) he or she does not know which participants are in which condition.

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Definitions:

Expectancy-Value Theory

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Behavioral Expectations Approach

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Value and Humanistic Psychologists

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