________ is an experiment in which neither the
participants nor the individuals running the experiment know if participants are in the experimental or the control group until after the results are tallied.
a) The double-blind study
b) Field research
c) The single-blind study
d) Correlational research
ANS: a
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Randomizing a variable such as participant gender guarantees that it will not become a confounding variable
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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