An experimenter flips a coin for each participant and assigns the participant to one group when "heads" came up and to the other group when "tails" came up.This process is referred to as:
A)operationalization.
B)random assignment to condition.
C)purposive sampling.
D)correlation.

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The process of flipping a coin for each participant to determine their assignment to a group is an example of random assignment to condition. This helps to ensure that there is no systematic bias in group assignment and increases the likelihood that any differences observed between the groups are due to the experimental manipulation rather than pre-existing differences between participants. Operationalization refers to defining variables in a way that they can be measured or manipulated in a study, purposive sampling involves purposely selecting participants based on certain criteria, and correlation refers to the degree of association between variables.

An Experimenter Flips a Coin for Each Participant and Assigns