Discussion about the importance of randomization

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Question: Imagine that you are an online tutor for an undergraduate Research Methods course. One day, you get this email:

Dear Tutor, I am having some trouble understanding why it is so important to randomly assign participants to experimental conditions. It seems to me that if you have a large enough sample, the results would probably be valid even if you didn''t bother to randomize the participants.

Why is it important to go through the trouble of randomizing participants? Also, if you are going to randomly assign participants, how should you do it?

Respond to this student''s email, being sure to explain the concepts at the appropriate level for an undergraduate.

In your response, be sure that you explain why it is important to randomize participants. Also, explain some of the ways that a researcher can randomly assign participants. Last, be sure to explain how a researcher can make valid conclusions even in situations where randomization is not possible.

This short paper assignment will require you to explain the importance of random assignment in psychological research.

Your paper should include all of the following elements:
• Discussion about the importance of randomization in a psychology experiment
• An explanation of the methods of randomization that a researcher can use to randomly assign participants
• An explanation of how a researcher can draw conclusions without randomization

Attachment:- Importance of Random Assignment.rar

Reference no: EM133127672

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