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schs14

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on: Jun 19, 2018
If people are assigned to treatment conditions on the basis of some personality characteristic they have (e.g., high anxiety vs. low anxiety), the experiment is not a true experiment but utilizes the _____ design.
 
  a. experimental c. static group comparison
  b. posttest only d. correlational

Question 2

The main difference between rationalism and the scientific method is that the scientific method relies on objective assessment to test the idea.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false


jgranad15

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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

C
There are two groups in a static group comparison design, but they are not formed by the experimenter. They are sometimes formed on the basis of traits already possessed by the participants when the study begins.

Answer to Question 2

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