Dr.Wow believes a certain training program can increase creativity.She administers the program to a randomly chosen group,and not to the control group,and later evaluates the ideas from the experimental group as being more creative.What procedure would have improved this study?
A)She should have had more people in the experimental than the control group.
B)She should have had a blind observer evaluate the creativity.
C)She should have been careful to eliminate all independent variables.
D)She should have let people decide whether to be in the experimental or control group.

Question

Dr.Wow believes a certain training program can increase creativity.She administers the program to a randomly chosen group,and not to the control group,and later evaluates the ideas from the experimental group as being more creative.What procedure would have improved this study?​
A)She should have had more people in the experimental than the control group.
B)​She should have had a blind observer evaluate the creativity.
C)​She should have been careful to eliminate all independent variables.
D)​She should have let people decide whether to be in the experimental or control group.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Having a blind observer evaluate the creativity would eliminate the possibility of bias or the placebo effect from influencing the results.

DrWow Believes a Certain Training Program Can Increase Creativity