A stress researcher wants to look at the effect of meditation on anxiety. To do this, she creates two groups of subjects: one gr

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A stress researcher wants to look at the effect of meditation on anxiety. To do this, she creates two groups of subjects: one gr

oup receives instruction in meditation, while the other receives no training at all. One month later, she has subjects complete a questionnaire designed to measure anxiety and she looks to see whether there are any differences in anxiety between the two groups. In this experiment, the meditation condition (meditation vs. no meditation) would be the _____________ variable and anxiety would be the _____________ variable.

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mariarad [96] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-03T04:44:17+03:00

Answer:

Independent, dependent

Explanation:

The mediation conditions are what affect anxiety hence anxiety is dependent on mediation. The main aim of the researcher is to see how anxiety levels of people vary depending on the meditation. In this case, meditation conditions are independent variables. Therefore, it's proper to conclude that the meditation vs no meditation conditions are independent variables while anxiety is dependent variable