Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.
Assertion A : To eliminate the impact of an extraneous independent variable, the researcher can choose participants who are homogeneous on that independent variable.
Reason R : 'Matching' is one of the method to control extraneous variance.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
1
Both A and B are correct and R is the correct explanation of A
2
Both A and R are correct but R is not the correct explanation of A
3
A is correct but R is not correct
4
A is not correct but R is correct