A Researcher Might Delete a Variable Before Analyzing the Data

Multiple Choice

A researcher might delete a variable before analyzing the data when

A) the variable shows the expected relationship with the independent variable, but another variable does not.
B) the statistical analysis reveals that the variable did not have a significant impact on the independent variable.
C) a reliability analysis indicates that the variable does not measure the same thing that other variables, designed to measure the same conceptual variable, do.
D) the relationship of the variable to the independent variable is not in the predicted direction.