A psychologist wishes to ensure that both his experimental group and control group are as similar as possible (e. g., having equal numbers of males and females). He can achieve this by using:

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Baron Newman

5 September, 00:00

A psychologist wishes to ensure that both his experimental group and control group are as similar as possible (e. g., having equal numbers of males and females). He can achieve this by using:

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Devan Hurley · Answer 1

The answer is: Random assignment.

Explanation:

Random assignment is a procedure used in experimental research, often in psychology, to ensure that both the control and the expedrimental group are as similar as possible. The basic principle of this procedure is that every research participant must have the same opportunity to be asigned to either one of both groups. Therefore, the research participants are randomly assigned to both groups.

Random assignment should not be confused with random sampling, while random sampling is used to select the sample that will represent the entire population, in random assignment the sample has already been chosen and will then be distributed.