RESEARCH STUDY 3.1 Anderson Is Reading His Morning Paper and Reads the Following

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RESEARCH STUDY 3.1
Anderson is reading his morning paper and reads the following headline: "Female Engineering Majors' Effort on Math Problems Depends on Sex of Role Model." (This headline is based on a study conducted by Stout, Dasgupta, Hunsinger, and McManus, 2011.) In the study, female students were asked to complete a math test by either a male math major or a female math major. Female students tried to solve more of the math problems when asked by a female math major compared with a male math major.
-Refer to Research Study 3.1 above to answer the following question. Which of the following is a constant in this study/headline?

• A) The sex of the participants
• B) The effort on math problems
• C) The sex of the role model
• D) The number of researchers
• E) All of the above are constants

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