Janiszewski and Uy 2008) Conducted an Experiment in Which They

question 33

Multiple Choice

Janiszewski and Uy 2008) conducted an experiment in which they had 43 participants read 10 scenarios.In this study, the researchers wanted to determine the impact of the scenario type on the anchoring and adjusting of participants.Anchoring and adjustment occurs when people use a starting point anchor) as a basis to make judgments about a given scenario adjustment) .How many levels are there for the independent variable in this study?

• A)43
• B)10
• C)2
• D)None of the above

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