A Potential Difficulty with an Experiment Is That Outside Factors

question 186

Multiple Choice

A potential difficulty with an experiment is that outside factors (such as actions of competitors) can distort the results of an experiment and affect the __________ variable (such as sales) .

• A)dependent
• B)independent
• C)hypothesis
• D)extraneous
• E)error

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