Derek conducts a study in which half of the participants read a job application from a male candidate, and the other half read the same job application from a female candidate. He wants to make sure that each participant has an equal chance of reading the male job application as the female job application, so he uses the control technique known as
A) counterbalancing.
B) randomization.
C) constancy.
D) elimination.

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Randomization is used to ensure that each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to any group, in this case, reading either the male or female job application.

Derek Conducts a Study in Which Half of the Participants