The major benefit of random assignment is it

a. reduces the plausibility of alternative explanations for the observed effects.
b. makes it possible to observe the effects of an independent variable on another variable.
c. ensures that the sample chosen for a study is similar to the population from which the sample was drawn.
d. equates the groups before the experimental treatment begins.
e. a and d


E

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a. ethnographers can never know the truth about the social scenes they investigate. b. ethnographers can see all sides of a social scene at once. c. what ethnographers can understand about a social scene depends in part on their demographic status and their intellectual outlooks. d. ethnographic research takes a long time to finish.

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A major purpose of identifying students with intellectual disabilities is

A. to provide them with an appropriate education. B. to provide special transportation to and from school. C. to place them in a special education classroom with other students with intellectual disabilities. D. to distinguish them from their typical peers by providing special education services.

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Why is college becoming more of a necessity?

A. Everyone else is going to college. B. Technology is becoming more sophisticated and jobs more complex. C. Your parents are becoming too demanding. D. There are more jobs on the market.

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Meaningful sources for the integration of multicultural content include

a. special school events. b. child’s interests and comments. c. child’s play activities. d. goals of the curriculum.

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