_____ occurs when participants are assigned to the experimental or control group by coin flip.
A)Self-selection
B)Random assignment
C)Double-blind experimentation
D)Random sampling

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Random assignment involves randomly assigning participants to either the experimental or control group. This helps to ensure that any differences between the groups are not due to pre-existing differences in the participants, but rather the manipulation of the independent variable.

_____ Occurs When Participants Are Assigned to the Experimental or Control