Factors Other Than the Independent Variable May Also Act on the Dependent

question 78

Multiple Choice

Factors other than the independent variable may also act on the dependent variable. If these factors vary systematically with the independent variable, they are called:

• A) irrelevant.
• B) confounds.
• C) masked variables,
• D) random variables.

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