A Newspaper Reports the Results of a Correlational Study Suggesting

Multiple Choice

A newspaper reports the results of a correlational study suggesting that an increase in the amount of violence watched on TV by children may be responsible for an increase in the amount of playground aggressiveness they display.However,the parents' aggression may actually be responsible for the increase in playground aggression.In this example,the confounding variable would be the

A) amount of TV watched.
B) amount of playground aggression.
C) newspaper report.
D) parents' aggression.