A Problem with Holding a Variable,such as Gender,constant Is That

question 149

Multiple Choice

A problem with holding a variable,such as gender,constant is that

• A)the variances within the experimental and control groups will be larger than if the variable was not held constant.
• B)sampling error may increase.
• C)it may reduce the generalizability of the results.
• D)none of these

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