Which of the following statements about field experiments is TRUE?
A) Because of the requirement for informed consent, participants in field experiments are almost always aware that they are taking part in research.
B) Field experiments rarely involve deception.
C) Compared to laboratory researchers, field researchers have less control over assigning participants to conditions of the independent variable.
D) The participants in field experiments are drawn from representative samples of the population.

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Field researchers often have less control over assigning participants to conditions of the independent variable because participants are often not randomly assigned but instead self-select or are assigned based on practical considerations such as location or pre-existing groups. Choices A, B, and D are incorrect. Informed consent may not always be possible or necessary in field experiments, deception can still occur, and samples may not always be representative in field experiments.

Which of the Following Statements About Field Experiments Is TRUE