Variables

Question 1

What is an independent variable (IV)?

Answer 1

Something that the experimenter manipulates or changes and is assumed to have an effect on the DV

Question 2

What is a dependent variable (DV)?

Answer 2

A variable that is affected by the changes in the IV

Question 3

What are extraneous variables (EV)?

Answer 3

Any variable other than the independent variable that could have an effect on the DV and therefore influence the results - extra to the research

Question 4

What type of variable are confounding variables?

Answer 4

A variable that varies systematically with the IV

Question 5

What type of variable are participant variables?

Answer 5

A form of extraneous variable

Question 6

What type of variable are situational variables?

Answer 6

A form of extraneous variable

Question 7

What type of variable are experimenter variables?

Answer 7

A form of extraneous variable

Question 8

What is an example of an extraneous variable?

Answer 8

Time of day

Question 9

What is an example of a confounding variable?

Answer 9

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