Plants grow naturally towards the strongest source of light, this is called phototropism. They do this in order to maximise their exposure to the sun and increase the amount of photosysnthesis (and therefore growth). This is a survival mechansim.
researcher will either use random assignment or matching What do random assignment and matching have in common? They are both designed to create equivalent groups of participants. Random assignment is to random selection as _____ is to _____
Simple random sampling means that every member of the population has an equal chance of being included in the study. In the candy bar example, that means that if the scope of your study population is the entire United States, a teenager in Maine would have the same chance of being included as a grandmother in Arizona.