Question

chapter 02 lesson: recognizing independent and dependent variables: did you get it? attempts left: 1 professor alvarez is conducting a study to see whether sleep deprivation has an impact on the performance of college students on a test that measures creative problem - solving. half of the subjects are instructed to get normal sleep the night before the test, and the other half are instructed to limit their sleep to four hours. in this experiment, the independent variable is performance on the test of creative problem - solving. subjects’ level of test anxiety. the age of the subjects whether or not subjects are sleep - deprived. dr. smock is interested in whether client - centered therapy delivered via the internet can reduce symptoms of depression as measured by the beck depression inventory in adolescents struggling with weight problems. what would be the dependent variable in this study? measurement of participants’ internet skills

Explanation:

For the first question: The independent variable is the factor manipulated by the researcher. Here, the researcher controls whether subjects get normal sleep or are sleep-deprived.
For the second question: The dependent variable is the outcome measured to test the effect of the independent variable. Here, the study measures depression symptoms to see the impact of online therapy.

Answer:

1. whether or not subjects are sleep-deprived.
2. Depression symptoms as measured by the Beck Depression Inventory.