Suppose That You Use Direct Calorimetry to Monitor a Person

question 60

Multiple Choice

Suppose that you use direct calorimetry to monitor a person enclosed in a small room. During the measurement the person lowers many heavy weights from a desk onto the floor. The heat production you measure will

• A) slightly underestimate the person's metabolic rate.
• B) slightly overestimate the person's metabolic rate.
• C) precisely and directly measure the person's metabolic rate.
• D) be unrelated to the person's metabolic rate.

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Definitions:

Independent Variable

In research, the variable that is manipulated or changed to observe its effect on a dependent variable.

Dependent Variable

In an experiment or study, the variable that is being tested and measured, often to see the impact of variations in the independent variable.

Randomization

In an experiment involves assigning each individual by chance processes.

Control Group

In experimental research, a group of subjects that does not receive the treatment being tested, used for comparison against the group that does.