What is the "third-variable problem"?
a. When a researcher measures so many variables that it's difficult to make sense of the data.
b. When a research considers only one direction of causation between two variables that are strongly correlated.
c. When a researcher measures variables that are not relevant to the relationship he or she is most interested in.
d. When a researcher fails to consider that two variables may be correlated due only to the effects of some unmeasured third variable.
D
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A. pragmatics B. bilingualism C. syntax D. metalinguistics
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a. premature termination. b. burnout. c. dropout. d. casualty.
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A) exhaustion stage B) alarm reaction C) resistance stage D) flight reaction E) Select
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a. informed consent b. debriefing c. confidentiality d. experimental control