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LCritchfi

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Dr. Ayala conducts an experiment where she gives half her participants a yellow pill containing a drug that keeps them awake during psychology lectures. She gives the other half of her participants an identical-looking yellow pill that does not contain the drug. This experimental design controls for ____.
 
  a. experimenter bias
  b. random variables
  c. a placebo effect
  d. confirmation bias

Question 2

To minimize the impact of random variables on an experiment's results, researchers commonly use ____.
 
  a. exit surveys
  b. random assignment
  c. a placebo
  d. a control group


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JCABRERA33

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

ANSWER:
c

Answer to Question 2

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Wow, this really help

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