An experimental design __________.
A) allows researchers to gather information in natural life circumstances without altering the participants' experiences
B) looks at relationships between participants' characteristics and their behavior or development
C) permits inferences about cause and effect because researchers evenhandedly assign people to treatment conditions
D) has one major limitation: researchers cannot infer cause and effect

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Experimental design permits inferences about cause and effect because researchers evenhandedly assign people to treatment conditions. Option A refers to naturalistic observation, option B refers to correlational research, and option D is not accurate as experimental designs do allow for cause and effect inferences.

An Experimental Design __________