A key factor in experimental design is the
A) testing of the effects of the dependent variable on the independent variable.
B) protection of internal validity by controls to reduce confounding.
C) protection of statistical validity by controls to reduce confounding.
D) demonstration of a systematic, but not causal, relationship between two variables.
Question 2
The careful arrangements of all parts of an experiment so as to test the effects of the independent variable on the dependent variable while protecting against threats to internal validity is called
A) matched design.
B) hypothesis testing.
C) experimental design.
D) hypothesis experimental design.