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Dear Tutor, I am having some trouble understanding why it is so important to randomly assign participants to experimental conditions. It seems to me that if you have a large enough sample, the results would probably be valid even if you didn't bother to randomize the participants. Why is it important to go through the trouble of randomizing participants? Also, if you are going to randomly assign participants, how should you do it?
Respond to this student's email, being sure to explain the concepts at the appropriate level for an undergraduate. In your response, be sure that you explain why it is important to randomize participants. Also, explain some of the ways that a researcher can randomly assign participants. Last, be sure to explain how a researcher can make valid conclusions even in situations where randomization is not possible.
Your paper should include all of the following elements:
Discussion about the importance of randomization in a psychology experiment
An explanation of the methods of randomization that a researcher can use to randomly assign participants
An explanation of how a researcher can draw conclusions without randomization
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. This paper should be a minimum of three pagesExplanation & Answer
Answer posted please confirm.Kindly go through the work and let me know incase of anything unsatisfactory or if you need anything rectified.If the answer is okay,looking forward to work with you again.Thanks
Running head: RANDOM ASSIGNMENT
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Random Assignment in Experimental Conditions
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RANDOM ASSIGNMENT
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Random Assignment in Experimental Conditions
Dear student,
Thank you for highlighting the concerns you have concerning random assignment in
experimental trials and tests. In my response, I will attempt to explain to you the importance of
random assignments to experimental conditions and what the process entails. However, I
understand the confusion you have regarding the importance of randomization. It is easy to
assume that a large sample affords the researcher the opportunity to have fair representation in
their experimental design. The problem is that even with a large sample of the total population,
the large sample size does not automatically validate the experimental result. Due to the problem
with invalid results, randomization and random assigning of sample elements of the total
population has to be done.
Randomization is an experimental technique in which the sample under investigation is
assigned groups, categories, and ...