Sometimes participants engage in certain behaviors to "help" the researcher get then results the experimenter "wants." In order to keep the participants from trying to figure out what behaviors are expected, the researcher could
a. use random assignment to place participants in groups.
b. increase the level of experimental realism to engage the participant's interest.
c. produce a cover story so the participant doesn't know what the experiment is about.
d. increase the extraneous variables to keep the participant from identifying the independent variable.
C
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
Felipe Calderón
a. won the 2006 presidential election by the largest margin in the history of Mexican politics. b. took office despite a court decision ruling that he was not entitled to assume the presidency. c. launched programs to create new jobs and stem the flow of migration to the U.S., and promised to fight poverty and corruption. d. promised to eliminate drug gangs by the end of his administration by mobilizing the Mexican military.