A Professor Is Examining Success of Tenure-Track Faculty in Attaining

Multiple Choice

A professor is examining success of tenure-track faculty in attaining tenure at their postsecondary institution. He surveys tenure-track faculty who have went through the tenure process in the past year and gathers data on two variables: 1) the number of publications in refereed journals (measured in whole numbers) ; and 2) whether or not they attained tenure (yes or no) . The research question is: Is there an average difference in the number of publications based on faculty who attain tenure as compared to faculty who do not attain tenure? Which of the following represents the INDEPENDENT variable?

A) Attainment of tenure
B) Faculty in tenure track programs
C) Number of publications
D) Postsecondary institution