Mary was interested in finding out whether multiple choice tests are easier than short answer. She had one group of students write take a multiple choice test in one room, while another group wrote took a short answer test in a different room. To her surprise, she found that students performed much better on the short answer test but she also noted that the multiple choice test was written taken in a very noisy room. In Mary's study, the room noise is considered a(n) ______ variable.
A. extraneous
B. confounding
C. true independent
D. codependent
B. confounding
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