While Eliminating Extraneous Variables to Help Manage Behavioral Variability Has

question 30

Multiple Choice

While eliminating extraneous variables to help manage behavioral variability has many advantages, it can also be problematic. All of the following are disadvantages associated with this tactic, except:

• A) it creates an artificial condition that may not be representative of the real environment
• B) it limits the possibility of serendipitous discoveries
• C) it can cause difficulties in attempting to make any generalizations
• D) it is so difficult to do that the investigator's time is often better spent on other issues

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