A publishing company does a study to determine whether using a study guide for a textbook improves performance on psychology exa
ms. In this study, grades on the psychology exams would constitute the ____variable. Select one: a. manipulated b. independent c. dependent d. correlational
The grades on the psychology examinations from the research above are the <u>dependent </u>variables.
<h3>What is a Dependent Variable?</h3>
This refers to the variable that relies on the other factors that are being measured examined, or evaluated. The test score above is a dependent variable because it can change depending on other factors such as:
the quality of the study guide,
the quality of the textbook,
how much of the study guide was used by the psychology students etc.
The test scores are bound to change as the above factors change, hence, it is dependent.
the process by which markets move to equilibrium is so predictable that economists sometimes refer to markets as being governed by the law of supply and demand.
