Participant Selection and Assignment Is Vital to Experimental Design

question 59

Essay

Participant selection and assignment is vital to experimental design. Define random selection, and explain how it increases the external validity of the research design. Distinguish between a randomized control trial and a match subjects design; explain how both designs increase a study's internal validity.

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Definitions:

Morally Acceptable

Something deemed right or permissible according to ethical or moral principles.

Steinbock

Likely refers to an individual prominent in their field, such as Bonnie Steinbock, a noted bioethicist, requiring more context for a specific definition.

Morally Distasteful

Actions or behaviors that are considered ethically wrong or in poor taste.

Banned

Prohibited by law or policy from being sold, used, or engaged in.