To Equalize Participant Characteristics Across Groups in an Experiment, Researchers

question 61

Multiple Choice

To equalize participant characteristics across groups in an experiment, researchers use random _____, which allows them to _____.

• A) assignment; generalize results to the population of interest
• B) assignment; eliminate participant characteristics as possible explanations for results
• C) sampling; generalize results to the population of interest
• D) sampling; eliminate participant characteristics as possible explanations for results

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