Henry wants to know if a teacher's use of encouragement in the classroom affects children's self-esteem. To increase the accuracy of his findings, Henry should ________.
A. carefully distribute the children across treatment conditions according to their academic test scores
B. divide the children so that each treatment condition has an equal number of boys and girls
C. randomly assign children to treatment conditions
D. assign all the quieter children to the same treatment condition
Answer: C
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