After participating in an experiment on the effects of alcohol on sociability, Megan could not wait to return to her sorority house to tell all of her sisters about it. In this situation, the researcher should be concerned with the confound of:

a. mortality.
b. regression to the mean.
c. testing.
d. diffusion of treatment.


d

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b. always are considered responsible for their behavior. c. sometimes are not considered responsible for their behavior. d. sometime have the right to legal representation

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