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What is the type of research where there has been pre assignment to groups?

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Why do you called independent variable independent variable?

The independent variable is called independent because it is the variable that is being manipulated or changed by the researcher to observe its effect on the dependent variable. It is independent of any other factors in the experiment because its values are determined by the researcher's actions.


Is age a true independent variable?

Age can be considered an independent variable in a research study if it is being manipulated or controlled by the researcher. However, in many cases, age is treated as a confounding variable because it is often difficult to manipulate and may impact the relationship between other variables being studied.


What are the elements of experiments and what kinds of variables are there?

The elements of experiments include the independent variable (manipulated by the researcher), dependent variable (outcome being measured), control group (not exposed to the independent variable), and experimental group (exposed to the independent variable). Variables can be independent (controlled by the researcher), dependent (measured to see the effect of the independent variable), or extraneous (unintended variables that can affect the results).


What are the roles of variables in the qualitative design?

Variables in qualitative research help to capture and analyze different aspects of the research phenomenon. They guide the researcher in exploring relationships, patterns, and themes within the data. Variables can also be used to categorize and compare different attributes or characteristics of the participants in the study.

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How a researcher measures a research variable is what?

Operational definition. :)


What is a dependent variable in research?

The dependent variable is the variable that the researcher does not control. The researcher will change one variable called the independent variable (ex. temperature, amount of sunlight, amount of food, etc.) and then observe the corresponding dependent variable (ex. reaction of organism, amount of plant growth, swimming speed, etc.)


What is the difference between feminist research and conventional social research?

there is no hierarchical power relationship between researcher and respondent in Feminist Research. feminist research analyze the variable in feminist perspective.


What is non-experimental research?

Non Experimental Research. Involves studying naturally occurring variation in the dependent and independent variable without any intervention by the researcher.


What variable systematically manipulated by the researcher?

The independent variable is the one which the researcher controls and manipulates. On a graph this is the 'x' axis.


What variable did the researcher change during this experiment?

Control Variable


A variable of which a researcher is not aware but which might be causing changes in the response variable is called a variable?

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What is the variable being changed by the researcher when designing an experiment?

The manipulated variable I think.


What is the name in an experimental design where the variable in which the researcher is trying to elicit a change?

Response Variable


What is the type of variable that a researcher wants to keep from affecting an experiments outcome?

Extraneous variable


What is a single factor manipulated by a researcher?

A variable factor.


The variable that the researcher controls is called the?

the dependent varible