A College Is Offering a New Free Tutoring Program for Students

question 28

Essay

A college is offering a new free tutoring program for students in an introductory statistics class. The school wants to know if this new program improves students' test scores on their midterms and final exams. What variable could be a possible confounding factor in determining why students' scores improved or not?

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Definitions:

Discount Date

The specified date on which a discount is applied or becomes effective, often used in the context of payments or billing.

Due Date

The specified date by which a payment, assignment, or project must be completed or submitted.

Cash Discount

A reduction in the price of goods or services offered by the seller to encourage prompt payment by the buyer.

Discount Date

The date on which a payment is to be made earlier than its originally scheduled due date at a reduced rate.