A clinical psychologist comparing a revised version of a therapy to the previous version is concerned the marital status of clients might influence the results of the study. However, because marital status is of no interest in its own right, the

psychologist considers it to be a(n)

A) partialed variable.
B) unreliable variable.
C) invalid variable.
D) nuisance variable.


Answer: D

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