Researchers at IBM think that employees who get to chose their own working hours will be more satisfied than those who do not. To test this idea, IBM employees at the Dallas facility are told that they can chose their own hours. Six months later, the satisfaction level of employees in the Dallas facility is compared to employees in the Knoxville facility. The employees in the Knoxville facility are considered the:
A) dependent variable
B) control group
C) experimental group
D) independent variable

Question

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The Knoxville facility is the control group because they are not experiencing the manipulation of the independent variable (choosing their own hours) and can be used for comparison to determine if the change in satisfaction levels at the Dallas facility can be attributed to the independent variable.

Researchers at IBM Think That Employees Who Get to Chose