Why Should a Nurse Researcher Want to Limit or Eliminate

question 10

Multiple Choice

Why should a nurse researcher want to limit or eliminate extraneous variables in a study?

• A) More research questions would be required to account for the extraneous variables.
• B) Extensive statistical analysis would be required to justify the presence of extraneous variables.
• C) Extraneous variables compete with the independent variables as explanations of the study's outcome.
• D) Manipulation of the extraneous variables increases the risk for researcher bias in the study's outcomes.

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