In a Study Comparing Productivity in Two Factories, One in an Urban

question 9

Multiple Choice

In a study comparing productivity in two factories, one in an urban setting and one in a rural setting, a city wide strike may affect life for subjects in the first group but not those in the second. This is an example of

• A)selection interacting with history
• B)attrition
• C)a simple selection effect
• D)selection interacting with instrumentation

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