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Bernana

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The major advantage of carrying out a factorial study rather than conducting a series of simple experiments to study the causes of a behavior is that factorial studies _____.
 
  a. provide information about interactions c. provide information about causes
  b. take much less time d. are more accurate

Question 2

There are two ways to investigate multiple causes for a behavior. According to your book They are _____.
 
  a. doing naturalistic observations and doing controlled experiments
  b. reading the literature and carrying out your own research
  c. doing a series of simple experiments and doing a factorial study
  d. studying them alone and studying them in collaboration with other researchers



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Answer to Question 1

A
Interactions can only be studied when more than one cause is present at a time. In a simple experiment, all factors other than the one being manipulated are controlled, and therefore can't be studied.

Answer to Question 2

C
The simple experiments would each have one manipulated variable. The factorial study would have more than one manipulated variable.



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