Read This Description of a Study and Answer the Question

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Essay

Read this description of a study and answer the question that follow.
A reporter at a university newspaper sought to gather evidence about the quality of teaching at the university.For one week at the beginning of the semester she attended 5 different,large-lecture classes each day,each with a different instructor.She asked 4 other reporters to do this too (they all attended different classes),and she trained them regarding the ratings they would make.The reporters pretended to be students,but sat in the back of class so the instructor wouldn't notice their observations.Using 10-point rating scales,they rated each instructor on five dimensions: interesting,organized,informative,friendly,and respectful.They summarized their findings and reported that,in general,the quality of teaching at the university is very good.
Identify one aspect of the procedures in this study that the reporter used to improve the reliability of the observations.

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Definitions:

Cumulative Quantity Discounts

Price reductions applied to purchases based on the accumulated quantity bought over a specific time period, incentivizing larger orders.

Noncumulative Quantity Discounts

Price reductions given for a single purchase order rather than over a period of time, based on the quantity of goods purchased.

Noncumulative Quantity Discounts

Discounts that apply to a single order rather than the total volume of orders over a certain period, encouraging large individual purchases.

Cumulative Quantity Discounts

A pricing strategy where the price per unit decreases as the total quantity purchased over time increases.