Which of the following best describes confound checks?
A) They are given before any of the dependent variables have been collected.
B) They help determine whether the manipulation has unwittingly caused differences on other variables that we did not desire to manipulate.
C) They are not usually given to all participants in all conditions.
D) They are expected to influence responses on the dependent measure.

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Confound checks are used to determine if the manipulation in an experiment has inadvertently caused differences in variables other than those the researcher intended to manipulate. This helps in identifying any confounding variables that may affect the validity of the experiment's results.

Which of the Following Best Describes Confound Checks