Dividing Subjects into Groups at the Beginning of Experimental Research

question 35

Multiple Choice

Dividing subjects into groups at the beginning of experimental research using a random process,so the experimenter can treat the groups as equivalent is known as __________________.

• A)control group
• B)treatment
• C)random assignment
• D)causal inference

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