Dr.Tuten randomly assigned students of abnormal psychology to participate in a study of memory encoding specificity.This means that:

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When a study uses random assignment, each participant has an equal chance of being assigned to a particular group or condition. This helps ensure that the sample is representative of the population being studied, and minimizes the impact of selection bias. Therefore, option C is the correct answer. Hand-picking students (option A) and selecting a non-representative sample (option B) would be examples of biased selection. Option D is incorrect as it suggests all students participated, which is not necessarily the case with random assignment.

DrTuten Randomly Assigned Students of Abnormal Psychology to Participate in a Study