The practice of deliberately constructing equivalent groups from the sample by measuring all participants on some related variable and then assigning them to conditions on the basis of their scores
a. random assignment c. building
b. haphazard assignment d. matching
D
This is what matching does. The matching variable must be related to the area of study, and the participants are assigned to groups on the basis of how they score on the matching variable.
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What will be an ideal response?
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