An Agency Analyst Is Studying Factors Which Motivate Employees to Work

Multiple Choice

An agency analyst is studying factors which motivate employees to work, but fails to consider job perks in her equation .In this case, job perks are a ___ variable since they are in the background, and may potentially bias the estimated causal relationship between her independent and dependent variables.

A) Lurking
B) Covert
C) Concealed
D) Clandestine