Maturation Is a Threat to Internal Validity and Means

question 60

Multiple Choice

Maturation is a threat to internal validity and means

• A)that the subject (participant)is too immature.
• B)that the subject quits the experiment before it is completed.
• C)that a biological or emotional process within the participants that is not part of the independent variable induces a change in the dependent variable.
• D)that the experiment is ripe.

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Definitions:

Contribution Format

A type of income statement that separates variable costs from fixed costs to calculate a company's contribution margin.

Absorption Costing

A costing method that includes all manufacturing costs—direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed manufacturing overhead—in the cost of a product.

Variable Costing

A ledger maintaining technique that factors in only the variable costs incurred during production (direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead) into product pricing.

Absorption Costing

In this financial accounting strategy, the entirety of manufacturing expenses—encompassing direct materials, direct labor, and both variable and fixed overheads—are captured in the cost of a product.