Which Is the Dependent Variable

question 110

Multiple Choice

Which is the dependent variable?

• A) the group that chews gum
• B) the group that eats chocolate
• C) the performance on the exam
• D) whether the participants eat chocolate or chew gum

Identify the effects of media violence on children and societal perceptions of violence.

Understand the concept of desensitization to violence due to repeated media exposure.

Recognize the implications of media representations on gender and ethnic stereotypes.

Awareness of the mechanisms available to control or filter media content for children.

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, typically denoted by alpha.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of independent values or quantities that can vary in the calculation of a statistic, crucial for the assessment of the statistic's validity.

Goodness-of-fit Test

A statistical test used to determine how well observed sample data fits the expected distribution.

Poisson Distribution

A discrete probability distribution expressing the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space.