Kaitlyn conducts a study to examine how information about climate change influences voting behavior. Fifty U.S. participants completed the study online. Participants were randomly assigned to read one of three articles: 1) scientific evidence for climate change 2) scientific evidence against climate change; 3) scientific evidence unrelated to climate change. Participants were then asked to indicate their degree of support for a bill penalizing companies who do not curb their carbon emissions. How do we know Kaitlyn's study was an experiment? She used a measure of voting behavior that was high in validity. O She included a nationally-representative sample of participants. O She randomly assigned participants to read an article about climate change. O Participants were not told about the hypotheses of the study.

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Kaitlyn conducts a study to examine how information about climate change influences voting
behavior. Fifty U.S. participants completed the study online. Participants were randomly assigned to
read one of three articles: 1) scientific evidence for climate change 2) scientific evidence against
climate change; 3) scientific evidence unrelated to climate change. Participants were then asked to
indicate their degree of support for a bill penalizing companies who do not curb their carbon
emissions. How do we know Kaitlyn's study was an experiment?
O She used a measure of voting behavior that was high in validity.
She included a nationally-representative sample of participants.
O She randomly assigned participants to read an article about climate change.
O Participants were not told about the hypotheses of the study.
Transcribed Image Text:Kaitlyn conducts a study to examine how information about climate change influences voting behavior. Fifty U.S. participants completed the study online. Participants were randomly assigned to read one of three articles: 1) scientific evidence for climate change 2) scientific evidence against climate change; 3) scientific evidence unrelated to climate change. Participants were then asked to indicate their degree of support for a bill penalizing companies who do not curb their carbon emissions. How do we know Kaitlyn's study was an experiment? O She used a measure of voting behavior that was high in validity. She included a nationally-representative sample of participants. O She randomly assigned participants to read an article about climate change. O Participants were not told about the hypotheses of the study.
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