Question

Eric designs a study to examine drink preferences of university freshmen. He is planning to have all the freshmen who participate in his study drink a cup of coffee and then rate their enjoyment of the coffee; then drink a cup of tea and rate their enjoyment of the tea; and, finally, drink a cup of milk and rate their enjoyment of the milk. Which kind of design is this?

Answer 1

Answer: Counterbalancing

Explanation: Counterbalancing is a type of experimental design in which all possible orders of presenting the variables are included. Eric's plan of having participants drink coffee and then tee and milk inorder to rate their enjoyment of the three drinks a typical example of counterbalancing .