Dr.Fletcher is interested in whether joining a fraternity/sorority causes people to become more concerned about their attractiveness and appearance.He recruits a group of 55 freshmen
(25 males,30 females) who are planning to go through fraternity/sorority recruitment on his campus.After they join,he gives them a measure of attractiveness concern/appearance concern (the Body Concern Scale) .
-If Dr.Fletcher is interested in a causal relationship between joining a fraternity/sorority and attractiveness/appearance concern,why doesn't he conduct a true experiment?
A) It is not possible to study private organizations,like fraternities/sororities.
B) It is not possible to measure body concern.
C) He was unable to recruit an equal number of males and females.
D) He was unable to randomly assign participants to join a fraternity/sorority.
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