Dr. Mitchell has just had a paper rejected from the Canadian Journal of Psychology. The editor suggested that experimenter expectancy effects might account for the results. Most likely, what kind of study did Dr. Mitchell conduct?
A)A survey
B)An experiment
C)A case study
D)An observational study
E)A correlational study

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Experimenter expectancy effects, where the expectations of the researcher inadvertently influence the participants of an experiment, are most relevant to experimental studies. This is because experiments involve the manipulation of variables and the measurement of their effects on participants, allowing for the possibility of the experimenter's biases to influence the outcomes.

Dr Mitchell Has Just Had a Paper Rejected from the Canadian