Natalie is interested in predicting interpersonal attraction from knowledge about proximity and physical attractiveness. She first enters these two variables in her analysis. Then, after obtaining preliminary results, she adds the predictor variables of income and status. Natalie is using which of the following?
A) Factor analysis
B) Simultaneous multiple regression
C) ANOVA
D) Hierarchical multiple regression

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Natalie is using hierarchical multiple regression because she is adding predictor variables in steps to see how the prediction of the outcome (interpersonal attraction) changes with the inclusion of additional predictors (income and status) after initially including proximity and physical attractiveness.

Natalie Is Interested in Predicting Interpersonal Attraction from Knowledge About