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sammy

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on: Aug 4, 2018
We seek to control extraneous variables in research because they
 
  A) are threats to reliability.
  B) distract the participants.
  C) reduce validity.
  D) reflect the experimenter's planned biases.

Question 2

Changes in one variable resulting in predictable changes in another
 
  A) show that a causal relationship cannot be inferred.
  B) can be observed only in naturalistic or case-study research.
  C) occur only in correlational studies.
  D) suggest that a causal relationship exists.


Sweetkitty24130

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Reply #1 on: Aug 4, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: C

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


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