An experimenter wanted to study the impact of a new intervention on students’ motivation. The experimenter assigned the first 10 students arriving in the classroom to the experimental group and the last 10 students to the control group. The
experimenter then exposed the students in the experimental group to the motivational strategy, and they measured their motivation after the manipulation. Which of the following represents a confounding variable in this experiment?
a. The students were not subjected to random assignment into groups.
b. The motivational strategy is a confounding variable.
c. The measure of motivation is a confounding variable.
d. The classroom is a confounding variable.
Answer: A
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