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. independent variable b. dependent variable c. nominal variable d. categorical variable

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