Question

1. an industrial psychologist is interested in studying faculty members at a local college in order to better understand the impact of bicycle riding on blood pressure. the psychologist finds, upon assessing a large sample of college faculty, that those faculty members who bicycle to work each day tend to have lower blood pressure than those faculty members who drive to work each day. the psychologist did not control for factors such as overall diet quality, exercise habits, or genetic background. we call these uncontrolled factors ______________ variables.

Explanation:

In research, variables that are not controlled and can affect the outcome are called confounding variables. Here, factors like diet, exercise, and genetics can influence blood - pressure and were not controlled, so they are confounding variables.

Answer:

confounding