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jwb375

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The inability to assign participants randomly to groups gives rise to which of the following confounding variables?
 
  A) diffusion of treatment
  B) selection
  C) attrition
  D) sequence effects

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Assume we are studying two groups. One group is scheduled on Wednesday morning and another on Wednesday afternoon. Participants are selected on availability. The confounding variable in this study is
 
  A) selection.
  B) attrition.
  C) testing.
  D) instrumentation.


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mistyjohnson

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Reply #1 on: Aug 4, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A


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Reply #2 on: Aug 4, 2018
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