Exam 1: Introduction to Statistics

The independent variable is the variable that is ______ by the researcher, while the dependent variable is the variable ______ by the researcher.

The independent variable may be thought of as effect within the research hypothesis.

A researcher studying the results of the most recent election hypothesizes that people who attend church regularly were more likely to oppose same sex marriage than non-church goers. In this study, the independent variable is best described as ______.

A recent study found that the more impulsive a person is, the more likely he or she will prefer to drink sweet white wines rather than dry white wines (Saliba, Wragg, & Richardson, 2009). In this study, the dependent variable is best described as ______.

A research hypothesis may best be thought of as ______.