The major advantage of carrying out a factorial study rather than conducting a series of simple experiments to study the causes of a behavior is that factorial studies _____
a. provide information about interactions c. provide information about causes
b. take much less time d. are more accurate
A
Interactions can only be studied when more than one cause is present at a time. In a simple experiment, all factors other than the one being manipulated are controlled, and therefore can't be studied.
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