Question

question 8 1 pts 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. please enter your answer in the box below.

Explanation:

In research, variables that are not controlled but may influence the results are called confounding variables. They can distort the relationship between the independent variable (bicycle - riding in this case) and the dependent variable (blood pressure). Here, diet, exercise habits, and genetic background are such uncontrolled factors.

Answer:

confounding