A newspaper reports the results of a correlational study suggesting that an increase in the amount of violence watched on TV by children may be responsible for an increase in the amount of playground aggressiveness they display.However,the parents' aggression may actually be responsible for the increase in playground aggression.In this example,the confounding variable would be the
A) amount of TV watched.
B) amount of playground aggression.
C) newspaper report.
D) parents' aggression.

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The confounding variable is a third variable that is related to both the independent variable (TV violence) and the dependent variable (playground aggression). In this case, parents' aggression could be a confounding variable because it is related to both the amount of TV violence watched by children and their playground aggressiveness. Therefore, it is the best choice for the confounding variable. Choices A, B, and C are not confounding variables since they are either the independent or dependent variable, or a separate variable that does not affect the relationship between TV violence and playground aggression.

A Newspaper Reports the Results of a Correlational Study Suggesting