Methods in Behavioral Research 12th Edition Identify the ind

Methods in Behavioral Research 12th Edition

Identify the independent and dependent variables in the following descriptions of experiments:

7. Students watched a cartoon either alone or with others and then rated how funny they found the cartoon to be.

8. A comprehension test was given to students after they had studied textbook material either in silence or with the television turned on.

9. Some elementary school teachers were told that a child’s parents were college graduates, and other teachers were told that the child’s parents had not finished high school; they then rated the child’s academic potential.

10. Workers at a company were assigned to one of two conditions: one group completed a stress management-training program; another group of workers did not participate in the training. The number of sick days taken by these workers was examined for the two subsequent months.

Solution

1. Independent variable: Watching cartoon with others

Dependent variable: How funny the cartoon was rated to be

2. Independent variable: Television

Dependent variable: Comprehension test

3. Independent variable: Telling the teachers whether the parents were college graduates or not finished school

Dependent variable: Rating the child\'s academic potential

4. Independent variable: Completing a stress management-training program

Dependent variable: Number of sick days taken by workers.