A Group That Uses Its Website to Generate and Send

question 67

True/False

A group that uses its website to generate and send 10,000 e-mails to a representative is engaged in astroturf lobbying.

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Definitions:

Nonexperimental Method

A research method where the researcher observes and records behavior without manipulating any variables.

Experimental Control

The process of keeping variables constant or regulating external factors to ensure that observed effects are due to manipulated variables only.

Independent Variable

A manipulated factor in an experiment, chosen to determine its potential effect on a dependent outcome.

Dependent Variable

The outcome factor in a study that changes in response to manipulations of the independent variable.