Psychology

Explain why your proposed experiment needs both an experimental group and a control

group.

What would be the limitation of the experiment without a control group?

Explain how

random assignment of subjects to an experimental and control group will

control confounding

factors, giving examples of some of these confounding factors.

Also, describe some of the

confounding factors that randomly created groups would not control.

This assignment will be part of the Design sub

-

section of the Methods sectio

n of your research

proposal for the term paper.

Explain why your proposed experiment needs both an experimental group and a control

group. What would be the limitation of the experiment without a control group? Explain how

random assignment of subjects to an experimental and control group will control confounding

factors, giving examples of some of these confounding factors. Also, describe some of the

confounding factors that randomly created groups would not control.

This assignment will be part of the Design sub-section of the Methods section of your research

proposal for the term paper.