All of the following are accurate statements regarding random assignment EXCEPT __________
a) it is a procedure for assigning people to experimental and control groups
b) it is a procedure in which each participant has the same possibility of being assigned to a given group
c) it is a procedure in which paticipants are assigned to a positive correlation or a negative correlation condition
d) it is a procedure that allows individual characteristics to be roughly balanced between groups
ANS: C, Participants can never be assigned to a type of correlation.
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