Selecting an Experimental Design

AP Statistics· difficulty 1/5

A teacher has 30 students and wants to randomly assign 15 to each of two methods. She writes each student's name on a slip of paper, mixes them in a hat, and draws 15 names for Method A; the rest go to Method B.

30 students Names in hat, draw 15 Method A (15) Method B (15)

Which experimental principle is she implementing?

  • A

    Random assignment

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  • B

    Replication

  • C

    Blocking

  • D

    Stratification

Explanation

She is randomly assigning subjects to treatments without grouping by any variable - random assignment in a completely randomized design.

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