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HudsonKB16

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The fact that research participants may become fatigued or bored in the course of an experiment introduces a confound called:
 
  a. maturation.
  b. history.
  c. mortality.
  d. statistical regression.

Question 2

The confound that refers to events other than the independent variable, that occur during an experiment is called:
 
  a. maturation.
  b. instrumentation.
  c. history.
  d. selection.


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gasdhashg

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C


HudsonKB16

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
Excellent

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Great answer, keep it coming :)

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