A Researcher Wishes to Conduct a Study of a Small

question 4

Multiple Choice

A researcher wishes to conduct a study of a small number of subjects on a large hospital intensive care unit.To minimize problems associated with extraneous variables in the study setting,the researcher will

• A) ensure double-blind data collection methods.
• B) randomly assign subjects to treatment and control groups.
• C) test the reliability of study measures.
• D) train a small number of nurses to administer the intervention.

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