Dr. Aziz is conducting a research study on sleep and learning. She questions her own objectivity and decides to let another researcher, who is not associated with conducting the experiment, score the tests. Dr. Aziz is probably trying to eliminate __________ bias.
A) experimenter
B) sample
C) control
D) treatment

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Dr. Aziz is concerned about her own bias as the experimenter, so by having another researcher score the tests, she is trying to eliminate experimenter bias. Sample bias refers to a biased sample selection, control refers to a standard against which the results can be compared, and treatment refers to the variable being manipulated in the experiment.

Dr Aziz Is Conducting a Research Study on Sleep and Learning