Christina, who is working on her research design for her senior thesis in her development class, announces she wants to do a true experiment to explore alcoholism and Alzheimer's. What do you say to her, and why?

a) True experiments are very difficult to do in development because you cannot have truly random group assignments.
b) True experiments are very difficult to do in development because they are time-intensive.
Consider This: It can be difficult to control for extraneous variables.
LO 1.6: Analyze research methods, behavioral measures and analyses methods and experimental design
c) True experiments are very difficult to do in development because it is impossible to have a control group.
Consider This: It can be difficult to control for extraneous variables.
LO 1.6: Analyze research methods, behavioral measures and analyses methods and experimental design
d) True experiments are very difficult to do in development because they are so hard to analyze.
Consider This: It can be difficult to control for extraneous variables.
LO 1.6: Analyze research methods, behavioral measures and analyses methods and experimental design


ANS: a

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