Why would counterbalancing help overcome problems of order effects?
What will be an ideal response?
Counterbalancing helps overcome sequence and order effects by spreading the results of those effects across condition. Thus a participant who goes through condition A then B might perform differently in B because of the experience with A. Another participant who goes through B then A will have his or her performance affected in condition A rather than B. Thus, order effects will be spread out over the different conditions.
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a. proportional representation; first past the post b. single-transferable; proportional representation c. proportional representation; upper house elections d. single-member districts; proportional representation
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false