The Main Reason Why Researchers Use Random Assignment Is

question 35

Multiple Choice

The main reason why researchers use random assignment is

• A)to be fair to participants.
• B)to make sure that the behavior you are interested in would not have occurred anyway,even without your manipulation.
• C)to remove the possibility of experimenter effects.
• D)to start out with all of the groups being roughly the same.

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