If a Researcher Is Interested in the Effect of Television

question 88

Multiple Choice

If a researcher is interested in the effect of television viewing on behavior,and randomly selects research subjects who are male and female to determine the consequences of television viewing,gender is the:

• A)connected variable
• B)independent variable
• C)dependent variable
• D)spurious association
• E)control variable

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Definitions:

Units of X

A term often used in economics to denote a quantity of a particular good or service being considered.

Data

Information, especially facts or numbers, collected to be examined and considered and used to help decision-making.

Value for Y

This term does not directly correspond to a widely recognized economic concept without additional context. It may be used in specific mathematical or economic models to denote the value of a variable Y.

Marginal Utility

The change in total utility a person receives from consuming one additional unit of a good or service.