Question

A recent research study examined whether sending text messages to overweight children would help enable them to maintain a weight-loss program. In this experiment, some children were randomly assigned to receive text messages and other children were assigned to the control condition and did not receive text messages. The dependent variable in this experiment was
a. continued enrollment in a weight-loss program.
b. text messages.
c. weight loss.
d. not receiving text messages.

Answer 1

Answer:

A) Continued enrollment in a weight-loss program      

Explanation:

Dependent variable: The variable that is being tested or measured in an experiment. The researchers focus on how changes in the independent variable leads to the changes in the dependent variable. The dependent variable is the variable, what you are trying to measure in an experiment and this is what gets affected during the experiment. It depends on the independent variable (IV), as it responds to IV.