I have one group of students shoot baskets at two foot intervals between the distances of 5 ft. and 15 ft. while a second group does it between 10 ft. and 20 ft. I find that the first group generally does best at 9 ft. and the second group at 14 ft. I have just demonstrated

A) bilateral transfer.
B) a range effect.
C) within-subject counterbalancing.
D) persistence.


B

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