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    Characteristics of the Environment or the Participants That Might Interfere
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Characteristics of the Environment or the Participants That Might Interfere

Question 271

Question 271

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Characteristics of the environment or the participants that might interfere with an experiment's outcome are called ____ variables.


A) placebo
B) confounding
C) third-factor
D) extraneous

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