In an experiment comparing two treatments, the researcher assigns participants to treatment conditions so that each condition has 15 seven-year-old children and 10 eight-year-old children. For this study, what method is being used to control participant age?

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20 April, 01:24

In an experiment comparing two treatments, the researcher assigns participants to treatment conditions so that each condition has 15 seven-year-old children and 10 eight-year-old children. For this study, what method is being used to control participant age?

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Ruth Nash · Answer 1

matching

Explanation:

Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that the method that is being used in this experiment is called matching. Matching Samples refers to pairing up both treatment groups in such a way that participants share every characteristic except for the characteristic that is being investigated in the experiment. Which is why each group in this scenario has the same amount of children the same age.