Desmond is a graduate student who does a lot of work with household income data, and his samples almost always have outliers. Which measure of central tendency might be the most useful for Desmond to use?
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2. Psychology Research
Evaluating Research Findings
Multiple Choice
What does the third-variable problem refer to in correlational research?
A
The presence of an unmeasured variable that may influence both variables being studied.
B
When you examine more than three variables, correlational research becomes unreliable.
C
The difficulty in determining if a correlation is positive or negative.
D
A common error that can occur in correlational research when a sample size is too small.
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