You are discussing a study that is currently being conducted. The experimenter mentions that the subjects are not acting in the way that was expected. You suggest that there may be ____ operating in the study.

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Subject factors refer to any personal characteristics of the subjects that may be affecting their behavior in the study. If the subjects are not acting as expected, it is possible that their individual characteristics are playing a role. Type I errors refer to false positives in statistical analyses, and randomized variables and ex post facto variables are not necessarily relevant to the situation described in the question.

You Are Discussing a Study That Is Currently Being Conducted