A researcher did not think that gender influenced the amount of time it takes people to tie their shoes so he conducted his shoe tying study with girls. This is which type of control strategy?
A) Matching
B) Counterbalancing
C) Holding the extraneous variable constant
D) Including the extraneous variable in the research design.

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The researcher is using the strategy of holding the extraneous variable constant by only including girls in the study, thus eliminating gender as a variable.

A Researcher Did Not Think That Gender Influenced the Amount