Sam Is a Graduate Student Working on His Dissertation

question 144

Multiple Choice

Sam is a graduate student working on his dissertation.He has just finished collecting data from a group of participants and now is explaining to them the true purpose of the study and any type of deception he used.Sam's explanation is called

• A) a placebo.
• B) random assignment.
• C) the double-blind procedure.
• D) debriefing.

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