Formulating Testable Predictions Before Conducting Research Is Most Directly Useful

question 155

Multiple Choice

Formulating testable predictions before conducting research is most directly useful for restraining a thinking error known as

• A) random sampling.
• B) hindsight bias.
• C) the placebo effect.
• D) random assignment.

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