The use of control variables for testing the relationship between
diversity and democracy:
a. rules out other independent variables that might be affecting the level of democracy.
b. examines the relationship between the control variable and democracy.
c. examines the relationship between the control variable and diversity.
d. controls the results they want to find.
Answer: a
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
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