Imagine We Wanted to Investigate the Effects of Three Different

Multiple Choice

Imagine we wanted to investigate the effects of three different conflict styles (avoiding, compromising and competing) on relationship satisfaction. We discover that relationship satisfaction is known to covary with self-esteem, so we conduct an ANCOVA with self-esteem as the covariate. What could be a potential issue with this study?

A) Self-esteem might also be related to relationship satisfaction.
B) Self-esteem might also be related to conflict style.
C) It is possible that there will be a linear relationship between self-esteem and relationship satisfaction.
D) There could be more than three conflict styles.