Confounded experiments _____
a. are desirable c. are easy to draw conclusions from
b. are simple d. none of these
D
Confounded experiments have a design flaw in that some variable has not been properly controlled and co-varies with changes in the independent variable. This prevents the researcher from being able to draw conclusions at the end of the study.
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