Random assignment of participants helps to assure that groups of participants:
a. are generally similar prior to the experimental treatment
b. will differ initially but not later
c. will not know the hypothesis in advance
d. are "blind" to the hypothesis
e. will all be affected by the independent variable once it is administered
Ans: A
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