Betsy is conducting a study on school psychologists.She is thinking of having school psychologists complete four experimental conditions each lasting one hour.A colleague suggests to Betsy that she modify the design so that different groups of school psychologists are used and Betsy will not have to worry about __________.

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Fatigue effects can be a concern in within-subjects designs where the same participants are exposed to multiple conditions, as their performance might decline over time due to tiredness or boredom. By using different groups for each condition (a between-subjects design), Betsy can avoid this issue.

Betsy Is Conducting a Study on School Psychologists