A useful technique to minimize the effect of experimenter bias on the outcomes of an experiment is for the researcher to
A) fully inform the experimenters about the study's objectives and hypotheses.
B) conduct the experiment rather than train experimenters to do so.
C) train experimenters who are naive about the study to implement the treatments and collect the data.
D) make the control treatment as desirable as the experimental treatment.

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Training experimenters who are naive about the study's objectives and hypotheses to implement the treatments and collect the data helps minimize experimenter bias because it reduces the likelihood that the experimenters' expectations will influence the outcomes.

A Useful Technique to Minimize the Effect of Experimenter Bias