Means-ends analysis is a very general heuristic in which the immediate aim is to:
a. reduce all steps to known algorithms.
b. take the step that is likely to yield the best short-term payoff.
c. gather more information to reduce uncertainty.
d. reduce the discrepancy between the current state and goal state.
D
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What will be an ideal response?
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A. a confound B. a statistic C. an outlier D. a significant effect