If an Experiment Compared Preexisting Classes of Students, the Two

question 34

Multiple Choice

If an experiment compared preexisting classes of students, the two classes would be called

• A) Ex post facto variables
• B) Extraneous variables
• C) Confounding variables
• D) Dependent variables

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