Question

Recall the following study: Over a 17-year period researchers studied a sample of 707 individuals from a single community. They recorded the number of hours each individual spent watching television during adolescence and early adulthood. In later years, they recorded the number of aggressive acts by individuals in the study, as reported by parents, teachers and police. Science magazine published the results in 2002 in an article titled "Television Viewing and Aggressive Behavior during Adolescence and Adulthood." Which of the following variables could not confound the results of this study?
a. gender.
b. parental supervision and other aspects of family life.
c. poverty and neighborhood conditionds.
d. the amount of television the adolescents watch.

Answer 1

Answer:

Hence the answer is option c ; poverty and neighborhood conditions

Step-by-step explanation:

From the research, it is well known that both the dependent variable and independent variable will be taken into consideration before arriving at a conclusion.

A dependent variable is the variable that is been studied or measured i.e the results of a scientific research.

An independent variable is a variable that is been altered or controlled for and whose effects are compared to the results of the dependent variable, as such the results of  a dependent variable is dependent on the alteration of the parameters of an independent variable.

From the question ; the dependent variable is sample of 707 individuals from a single community while the independent variable ; the number of hours each individual spent watching television during adolescence and early adulthood.

The word confound in statistics implies a variable which has a greater effects on both the dependent and the independent variable.

Hence the answer is option c ; poverty and neighborhood conditions