Dr. Ikeda conducts an experiment on the effect of physical beauty on being hired for a job, and has both attractive and unattractive individuals apply for the same job. However, he fails to control for the possibility that the attractive applicants have better resumes. In this case, the quality of the resumes is considered a(n) ____
a. ?confounding variable
b. ?dependent variable
c. ?experimental variable
d. ?independent variable
ANSWER:
a
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