An Artifact Refers to Which of the Following

question 24

Multiple Choice

An artifact refers to which of the following?

• A) An initial measurement of the dependent variable in a before-after design
• B) A measure used to determine whether the manipulation has caused a different confounding variable
• C) An aspect of the research methodology that may produce confounding
• D) An analysis in which the manipulation check is correlated with the dependent measure

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Definitions:

Economic Rent

A payment to an owner or factor of production in excess of the costs needed to bring that factor into production.

Marginal Revenue Product

The additional revenue generated from using one more unit of a factor of production.

Wages

Payments made to employees for their labor, typically calculated on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis.

Economic Rent

The excess payment made to a factor of production over and above what would be needed to keep it in its current use.