Connor is studying age-related differences in Internet use. He samples from five different age groups and compares their Internet use. He learns that his 60-year-old participants use the Internet far less than his 20-year-old group. His conclusion that age drives these differences is confounded by ______ effects.
A. practice
B. carryover
C. period
D. cohort
Ans: D
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