Ann is conducting a study about genes and their relation to height. She thinks genes are important when it comes to height, but she also thinks that nutrition may play a part. If this is true, nutrition would be a ____________ in her study

a. reverse-causality
b. random variable
c. third-variable
d. dependent variable

Answer: C

Psychology

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