Preventing an Extraneous Variable from Becoming a Confounding Variable by Holding

question 58

True/False

Preventing an extraneous variable from becoming a confounding variable by holding it constant can result in a threat to external validity.

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Definitions:

Straight Debt

A fixed-income security, such as a bond, that has a predetermined interest rate, maturity, and principal repayment schedule.

Credit Default Swap

A specific type of credit derivative where the underlying reference asset is a credit obligation such as a bond or a bank loan of a specific company. One counterparty (the protection buyer) makes a periodic payment (the credit default swap premium) to the second counterparty (the protection seller). If the underlying reference asset suffers a credit event such as bankruptcy, the protection seller will make a payment to the protection buyer. Credit default swaps allow protection buyers to hedge themselves against credit risk, and protection sellers to invest based on their assessment of credit risk.

Premium Rate

This refers to the additional cost above the standard rate charged by financial instruments or insurance policies, to cover additional risks or benefits.

Warrants

Securities that grant the holder the right to purchase the issuer's stock at a specified price within a certain time frame.