Dr Ellis Performs an Experiment to Test the Hypothesis That

question 12

Multiple Choice

Dr. Ellis performs an experiment to test the hypothesis that alcohol consumption increases verbal aggression. However, the alcohol group contained mostly men, whereas the no-alcohol group contained mostly women. In this experiment, gender is a(n ) _________ variable.

• A)spurious
• B)confounding
• C)predictor
• D)independent

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