Dr. Taylor is conducting a study to test the effect of a new drug on people's ability to concentrate at work. His research sample consists of 100 US adults. During a 14-week period, half of the sample is administered the drug and the other half is administered a placebo, and participants' concentration abilities are continually tracked. In the context of this study, if Dr. Taylor uses random assignment, it means that ____.
A)his study will be high in external validity
B)the 100 adults are likely to be representative of the larger population of interest
C)each adult has an equal chance of being administered either the drug or the placebo
D)his research findings are likely to be statistically significant

Question

Dr. Taylor is conducting a study to test the effect of a new drug on people's ability to concentrate at work. His research sample consists of 100 US adults. During a 14-week period, half of the sample is administered the drug and the other half is administered a placebo, and participants' concentration abilities are continually tracked. In the context of this study, if Dr. Taylor uses random assignment, it means that ____.
A)his study will be high in external validity
B)the 100 adults are likely to be representative of the larger population of interest
C)each adult has an equal chance of being administered  either the drug or the placebo
D)his research findings are likely to be statistically significant

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Random assignment means that each participant in the study has an equal chance of being assigned to either the treatment group (receiving the drug) or the control group (receiving the placebo), ensuring that the groups are comparable at the start of the experiment.

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