extraneous variable

collocation in English

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extraneous
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstreɪ.ni.əs/us
/ɪkˈstreɪ.ni.əs/
not directly connected with or related ...
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variable
noun[C]
uk
/ˈveə.ri.ə.bəl/us
/ˈver.i.ə.bəl/
a number, amount, or situation that ...
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Two steps were taken to eliminate previous knowledge as a potentiallyextraneousvariable.
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Typically, they are considered anextraneousvariable, exerting an effect on behavior other than that intended by the experimenter.
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Such variables may be called a controlled variable or control variable orextraneousvariable.
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Perhaps the best way to eliminate many extraneous variables is by using a longitudinal design, but no such studies have yet been reported.
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Other extraneous variables, such as post-procedure physiologic parameters, length of stay, cost, and anecdotal information will be discussed in the presentation.
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However, well-recognized disadvantages of field experiments include difficulties in controlling extraneous variables, the fact that relevant behaviours may not spontaneously occur, and so forth.
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Compared to results from monolingual comparisons, these results have the additional benefit of ruling out within-group extraneous variables that might have otherwise been difficult to control.
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However, as with all psychological research, extraneous variables can impact heavily on the findings as they prove difficult for the researcher to identify and thus control.
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Social psychologists opt first for internal validity, conducting laboratory experiments in which people are randomly assigned to different conditions and all extraneous variables are controlled.
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Other variables researchers consider in experimentation are known as the "extraneous variables", and are either "controllable" or "confounding" (unavoidable).
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He exhibited scientific rigor and precaution by controlling extraneous variables and leaving nothing to chance.
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The effects of such extraneous variables are depicted by the e or error terms in the model.
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These threats to internal validity include unreliability of treatment implementation (lack of standardization) or failing to control for extraneous variables.
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Real life studies can best be captured by doing field studies, but it is difficult to control all extraneous variables in such studies.
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By holding extraneous variables constant, the researcher can come closer to understanding the true effect of the independent variable on the dependent variable.
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The participants were all separated from each other by visual barriers and precautions were taken to rule out extraneous variables.
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This concept is useful for modeling or analyzing spatial activity and behavior by limiting or eliminating extraneous variables, such as terrain.
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If one could test for, and track the onset of the disease during gestation while screening potential extraneous variables, one may be able to better understand this topic.
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Infants were presented with two minutes of continuous speech of an artificial language from a computerized voice to remove any interference from extraneous variables such as prosody or intonation.
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