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chandani

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A descriptive nonnumerical observation is best termed a(n) ____ measure.
 
  a. quantitative
  b. qualitative
 c. objective
 d. subjective

Question 2

What is a confound and how is it related to internal validity?
 
  What will be an ideal response?


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Reply #1 on: Jun 19, 2018
Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

A confound is an uncontrolled extraneous variable or flaw in an experiment. It is a threat to internal validity because it means that the results of the experiment might not be due to the manipulation of the independent variable, but instead to the confounded variable.


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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

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