Some Experiments Require Observers to Take Many Measures of the Dependent

question 29

Multiple Choice

Some experiments require observers to take many measures of the dependent variable over time and across participants. If they become better observers of the dependent variable during the course of the study, it produces a confound referred to as

• A) instability.
• B) unreliability.
• C) instrumentation.
• D) insensitivity.

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