A Researcher Finds That in a Study of Direction Finding

question 25

Multiple Choice

A researcher finds that in a study of direction finding, men are less likely to acknowledge being lost than women. In this study, the independent variable is

• A)whether or not participants get lost
• B)a willingness to admit being lost
• C)a subject variable
• D)a manipulated variable

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