An Extraneous Factor Is Also Called A(n) ______

question 3

Multiple Choice

An extraneous factor is also called a(n) ______.

• A) confounding variable
• B) confusing variable
• C) inconsistent variable
• D) conflicting variable

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Definitions:

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities which can be assigned to a statistical distribution, often related to the number of values in the final calculation of a statistic that are free to vary.

F Distribution

A probability distribution that arises frequently as the null distribution of a test statistic, especially in the context of variance analysis or ANOVA.

Numerator

The top number in a fraction that represents the part of the whole or the dividend in division.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data to evaluate a hypothesis about a population parameter.