In a Recent Study of Young Children's Reading Skills, Gregg

question 39

Multiple Choice

In a recent study of young children's reading skills, Gregg and Steve both collected data. Gregg did not push the children and his scores are systematically lower than are Steve's. This example illustrates

• A) compensatory rivalry.
• B) placebo effect.
• C) treatment diffusion.
• D) experimenter effects.

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