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The more time people spend using social media, the less they read books. (Identify the IV and DV)
Independent Variable: Time on Social Media
Dependent Variable: Less books read
Dependent Variable: Less books read
Drinking energy drinks makes people more aggressive. (identify the IV and DV)
Independent Variable: Drinking energy drinks
Dependent Variable: Aggressive behavior
Dependent Variable: Aggressive behavior
Taking a nap in the afternoon makes people more focused for the rest of the day. (identify the IV and DV)
Independent Variable: Time spent napping in the afternoon
Dependent Variable: Focus
Dependent Variable: Focus
Spending time with a family dog decreases the amount of stress someone is feeling. (identify the IV and DV)
Independent Variable: Spending time with a family dog
Dependent Variable: Amount of stress someone is feeling.
Dependent Variable: Amount of stress someone is feeling.
Eating breakfast in the morning increases the ability to learn in school. (identify the IV and DV)
Independent Variable: Eating breakfast
Dependent Variable: Ability to learn
Dependent Variable: Ability to learn
Students watched a cartoon either alone or with others and then rated how funny they found the cartoon to be. (identify the IV and DV)
Independent Variable: Watching cartoons solo or with others
Dependent Variable: How funny the cartoon is
Dependent Variable: How funny the cartoon is
A comprehension test was given to students after they had studied textbook material either in silence or with the television turned on. (identify the IV and DV)
Independent Variable: Studying with or without TV
Dependent Variable: Achievement on a test
Dependent Variable: Achievement on a test
Some elementary school teachers were told that a child's parents were college graduates, and other teachers were told that the child's parents had not finished high school; they then rated the child's grades. (identify the IV and DV)
Independent Variable: Education of parents
Dependent Variable: Children's grades
Dependent Variable: Children's grades
Workers at a company were assigned to one of two conditions: One group completed a stress management training program; another group of workers did not participate in the training. The number of sick days taken by these workers was examined for the next 2 months. (identify the IV and DV)
Independent Variable: Stress Management Training
Dependent Variable: Sick days taken
Dependent Variable: Sick days taken
Students at a University were split into two groups and each received a different text for a philosophy course. Once group received a traditional text book, while the other received an interactive textbook on a tablet computer. After the course, the final exam grades between the two groups of students was compared. (identify the IV and DV)
Independent Variable: Type of book used in college class
Dependent Variable: Final exam grade
Dependent Variable: Final exam grade