A Researcher Assigns Employees to Three Groups: No Feedback, Moderate

question 4

Multiple Choice

A researcher assigns employees to three groups: No feedback, moderate feedback, and then substantial feedback. She then records how long it takes each group to learn a new, moderately complex job task. What is the dependent variable in this design?

• A)the moderately complex job task itself
• B)the time it takes to learn the job tasks
• C)the no feedback group
• D)the substantial feedback group
• E)the three different feedback groups

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