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Does giving an incentive really work on improving exam scores? For example,consider the following treatments to measure the use of incentives.
Treatment 1: No incentive
Treatment 2: Incentive given to all
Treatment 3: Incentive given only if a certain score is received
For this experiment,assume all subjects are seniors at a university.Explain why blocking would or would not be necessary in this experiment.


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