Research Participants Are Randomly Assigned to Different Groups in an Experiment

question 53

Multiple Choice

Research participants are randomly assigned to different groups in an experiment in order to

• A) minimize chances that participants in any group know each other.
• B) increase chances that participants are representative of people in general.
• C) minimize any differences between groups of participants.
• D) increase chances that the different groups have the same number of participants.

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