An experiment was carried out in which participants learned words in several conditions: no learning strategy, a verbal learning strategy, visual one and a verbal-visual one. What safeguard could the researchers put in place to overcome the difficulties with repeated measures?
A) Counterbalancing
B) Something to keep the participants awake
C) Measure an appropriate covariate
D) Before and after measurements

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Counterbalancing involves alternating the order of conditions across participants to eliminate the effects of order or practice effects on the results. This would help to overcome difficulties with repeated measures.

An Experiment Was Carried Out in Which Participants Learned Words