______ is the procedure in which every participant has an equal chance of being assigned to the experimental or control group and is essential for ensuring that the groups are equal in all preexisting characteristics, such as age, ethnicity, and gender.

A. Manipulation of the dependent variable
B. Correlational assignment
C. Standardization
D. Random assignment


Answer: D

Psychology

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