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mynx

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Laura conducts a study to determine whether her new puppet therapy works better than the traditional talking therapy. After randomly assigning her own patients to either the puppet or talking group, Laura herself administers the therapy. This studys most obvious flaw is ____.
 
  a. random variables
  b. experimenter bias
  c. the placebo effect
  d. participant expectations

Question 2

The most effective way to eliminate experimenter bias is to ____.
 
  a. use placebos
  b. hire ethical research assistants.
  c. incorporate random variables
  d. use a double-blind design


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

ANSWER:
b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER:
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Reply 2 on: Jun 19, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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