Which of the Following Statements About Matched Random Assignment of Participants

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about matched random assignment of participants to conditions of a between-subjects experiment is FALSE?

A) A major drawback of using matched random assignment is the cost, in time, money, and resources, of pretesting.
B) Assigning participants alternately to the experimental and control conditions as they come to the laboratory is equivalent to matched random assignment to conditions.
C) The pretesting required for matched random assignment might induce a testing confound.
D) Matched random assignment is normally used only when the variable being controlled is known to have a strong effect on the dependent variable.