An experimental design __________
A) allows researchers to gather information in natural life circumstances without altering the participants’ experiences
B) looks at relationships between participants’ characteristics and their behavior or development
C) permits inferences about cause and effect because researchers evenhandedly assign people to treatment conditions
D) has one major limitation: researchers cannot infer cause and effect
Answer: C
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