CONTROL OF VARIABLES

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  • What is randomisation?
    use of chance when designing investigations to control for effects of bias
  • what is standardisation?
    using exactly the same formalised procedures for all participants in a research study, otherwise differences become EVs
  • what is counterbalancing?
    used to deal with order effects, sample divided in two, one half complete one condition first other half complete the other then then swap
  • What is random allocation?
    the allocation of participants to conditions in an experiment