Why is it important to go through the trouble of randomizing participants? Also, if you are going to randomly assign participants, how should you do it?
Respond to this student’s email by explaining the concepts. In your response, be sure that you explain why it is essential to randomize participants. Also, explain some of the ways that a researcher can randomly assign participants. Last, be sure to explain how a researcher can make valid conclusions even in situations where randomization is not possible.
Your paper should include all of the following elements:
Discussion about the importance of randomization in a psychology experiment
An explanation of the methods of randomization that a researcher can use to randomly assign participants
