Why Might a Researcher Investigating the Health of Alcohol Users

question 60

Multiple Choice

Why might a researcher investigating the health of alcohol users versus nonusers NOT use random assignment?

• A) Random assignment cannot be used in humans.
• B) Random assignment would have involved convincing people to drink or not drink, based on their group assignment.
• C) Alcohol users cannot be randomly assigned to abstinence groups.
• D) All of the above.

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