Practice, difficulty 1 of 3
Find the confounder
A retail chain finds that branches whose staff received more training hours last year had higher sales per employee. Which variable is the most plausible confounder?
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Practice, difficulty 1 of 3
A retail chain finds that branches whose staff received more training hours last year had higher sales per employee. Which variable is the most plausible confounder?