A researcher has observed that children who eat more sugar tend to show a higher level of activity than children who eat less sugar. However, the researcher suspects that the apparent relationship may be explained by the fact that some children have a higher rate of metabolism, which causes them to eat more and to be more active compared to children with a lower rate of metabolism who eat less
and are less active. This is an example of the ____.
a. directionality problem
b. third-variable problem
c. extraneous variable problem
d. manipulation check problem
b
Psychology
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