Which of the Following Does NOT Represent an Option to Expand

question 68

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does NOT represent an option to expand a project?

• A)A firm leases more office space than it forecasts it will need.
• B)A company engages in test marketing for a new product.
• C)Your university builds an administrators' parking garage having more parking spaces than administrators.
• D)A dry cleaner purchases equipment that can be readily sold to other dry cleaners.

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Definitions:

Dependent Variables

Variables in experimental research that are expected to change as a result of manipulation of independent variables; they are the outcomes measured by the researcher.

Independent Variables

In an experiment, the variable that is manipulated or altered to examine its effect on a dependent variable.

Demand Characteristics

The cues in a study that might tell a research participant what behaviors are expected or desirable in that setting.

Confounds

Factors in an experiment that could undermine the ability to draw accurate conclusions by affecting the dependent variable in ways not accounted for by the independent variable.