Author Question: Mary received a phone call asking her to participate in a research study on car insurance. However, ... (Read 59 times)

sammy · **on:** Jun 29, 2018

Mary received a phone call asking her to participate in a research study on car insurance. However, after about four questions, the person on the phone went into a sales pitch and tried to get her to switch her car insurance to another company. What is this called?
a. conflict of interest
b. pitch polling
c. sugging
d. commercial research

Question 2

There is one line of defense against a confounding variable; its effects on the dependent variable may be statistically controlled through a technique called
a. analysis of variance c. regression analysis
b. analysis of covariance d. static-group comparison design

lucas dlamini · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 29, 2018

Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B
Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) can control for a confounding variable if the researcher is aware of it and can measure it.