Professor Marquez Designed an Experiment to Test His Hypothesis That

question 176

Multiple Choice

Professor Marquez designed an experiment to test his hypothesis that exercise will increase spelling ability. He divided children into three groups and had one group do 10 minutes of exercises, one group do 30 minutes of exercises, and the third group do no exercise. He then tested all three groups of children to see how many words they could spell correctly on a spelling test. In this experiment, the scores on the spelling test serve as the __________.

• A) dependent variable
• B) independent variable
• C) control group
• D) reliability measure

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Definitions:

Evolutionary Fallacy

The erroneous argument or assumption that every current trait or behavior of a species can be fully explained by its evolutionary utility or adaptation.

Traits Evolved

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Inheritance

The method through which genetic data is transmitted from parents to their children.

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