Variables
- Created by: jessicawarren
- Created on: 21-04-16 12:37
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- Variables
- Independent variable
- Variable researcher manipulates in two or more conditions e.g. severity of punishment
- Observe effect on DV
- Dependent variable
- Main measured outcome of the experiment e.g level of anxiety
- Should be due to manipulation of IV
- Extraneous variables
- Other variables that could potentially influence the DV
- Controls employed to prevent EV's from becoming confounding variables
- Confounding variables: affect DV strongly enough to distort effect of IV
- Situational variables
- Variables connected with research situation
- Controlled through standardisation- keeping something same for all participants
- Participant variables
- Variables concerned with individual differences of research participants
- Examples: mental health, mood, religion, age, intelligence
- Independent variable
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