Unit 1 Lesson 7 : Kinds Of Variables And Their Uses

Question 1

A measurable characteristic that changes in value and is anything that may assume varied numerical or categorical values

Answer 1

Variable

Question 2

Anything that can affect or change the results of the study

Answer 2

Variables

Question 3

Properties of characteristics of some event, object, person that can be assigned with different values or amounts

Answer 3

Variable

Question 4

Kinds of variables (2)

Answer 4

Independent and dependent variables

Question 5

Outcome variable

Answer 5

Dependent variable

Question 6

Cause variable

Answer 6

Independent variable

Question 7

Is brought about by the changes made by another variable otherwise called as the independent variable

Answer 7

Dependent variable

Question 8

Is the one being manipulated and is responsible for causing changes to another variable identified as the dependent variable

Answer 8

Independent variable

Question 9

When conducting studies, researchers must also be aware of the existence of other variables that may affect the study being conducted(3)

Answer 9

Control variable
Intervening variable
Extraneous variable

Question 10

These are the variables that are held constant in a study. They are not being changed/manipulated

Answer 10

Control variable

Question 11

These are also known as mediating or moderator variables. These are variables that link the gap between independent and dependent variable

Answer 11

Intervening variable

Question 12

These are variables that if not controlled, can affect the outcome of the study. These variables are not the independent variable, they are outside of the scope of the study. Thus, as researchers, you need to control them so they will not affect the result of your study

Answer 12

Extraneous variables