Imagine we wanted to investigate the effects of three different conflict styles (avoiding, compromising and competing) on relationship satisfaction. We discover that relationship satisfaction is known to covary with self-esteem, so we conduct an ANCOVA with self-esteem as the covariate. What could be a potential issue with this study?
A. Self-esteem might also be related to relationship satisfaction.
B. Self-esteem might also be related to conflict style.
C. It is possible that there will be a linear relationship between self-esteem and relationship satisfaction.
D. There could be more than three conflict styles.
Answer: B
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