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magmichele12

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If a researcher conducts a study in which she directly manipulates a variable of interest to determine its effects on another variable, she is exerting _______ in the research design.
 
  a) contro
 b) replication
 c) replication with an extension
 d) subjectivity

Question 2

An experimental design involves comparing psychology majors and history majors on a measure of study skills and course performance at the end of the semester.
 
  Given that the experimenter is unable to randomly assign students to a major (psychology or history), this is an example of a(n)
   a) ex post facto design
 b) correlated-samples design.
 c) independent-samples design.
 d) qualitative research study.



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Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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