Question 62 / 64:  The purpose of assigning participants at random to experience the different conditions (or levels) of the independent variable in an experiment is to:
A  ensure that the participants are representative of the population from which they were sampled.
B  distribute extraneous factors (variables) as evenly as possible among the levels/conditions.
C  increase external validity.
D  eliminate the need for any type of control group.
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Attribution:  Social Psychology. The Saylor Academy 2014, http://www.saylor.org/courses/psych301/
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