According to the text, confounding variables:
A) are a greater threat to the internal validity of experimental research than to that of correlational research.
B) are a greater threat to the internal validity of correlational research than to that of experimental research.
C) threaten experimental and correlational research equally.
D) are not a serious threat to either experimental or correlational research.

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Confounding variables are a greater threat to the internal validity of correlational research than to that of experimental research because in correlational research, the researcher cannot control for the effects of other variables that may be related to both the independent and dependent variables.

According to the Text, Confounding Variables