Given the following research topic answer the question below

Given the following research topic, answer the question below: Are there differences in university GPA and persistence rates between students who enrolled in first year seminars compared to those who did not enroll in first year seminars? What is the dependent variable(s)? Are there any other dependent variables that might be of interest in this study? What is the independent variable? Identify levels of the variable. Why is this an example of ex post facto research? Consider the extraneous variable high school (HS) GPA. Describe how you could control this extraneous variable through ANCOVA. Consider the extraneous variable academic major. Describe how you could control this extraneous variable through homogeneous grouping. Consider the extraneous variable campus living arrangement. Describe how you could control this extraneous variable through homogeneous grouping. Suggest one additional extraneous variable and one way to control it. please answer all parts and mark the answers by a, b, c, d, e, f,g,h

Solution

a) The dependent variables are GPA and persistence rates.

b) Other dependent variable is higher studies. That is higher study is depends on percentage in sem.

C) The independent variables were grouped as personal, academic, and major. The personal characteristics were race, age, gender and community college.

d) Yes,

Ex post facto design is a quasi-experimental study examining how an independent variable, present prior to the study, affects a dependent variable. So like we just said, there is something about the participant that we\'re going to study that we don\'t have to alter in the participant. We will make this a little clearer a little later with some examples and descriptions..