Does Eating While Driving Make an Accident More Likely? Researchers

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Multiple Choice

Does eating while driving make an accident more likely? Researchers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration looked at national traffic and accident records from a recent year for those drivers who were eating versus those who were not. Result: The odds of an accident were 80 percent higher when eating than when not.
An example of a lurking variable that might affect the results of this study is:

• A) whether the subject had an auto accident.
• B) whether the subject was eating.
• C) whether the subject was talking to a passenger in the car.
• D) whether the subject owned a cell phone.

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