A Researcher Is Interested in the Effect of Exercise on Stamina

question 135

Multiple Choice

A researcher is interested in the effect of exercise on stamina in elderly patients. The patients are randomly assigned to be in a high-exercise or low-exercise training program for eight weeks. At the end of the program, their stamina is measured by seeing how long they can walk comfortably on a treadmill. In this study, the dependent variable is

• A) the number of minutes on the treadmill.
• B) the exercise program (high versus low).
• C) the number of elderly patients.
• D) the eight-week duration of the exercise program.

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Definitions:

Transitional

Referring to a phase or period that serves as a bridge from one state, condition, or activity to another.

Oppositional

In Perry’s theory, a response to late multiplicity characterized by legitimizing multiplicity as one pole of a new kind of dualism and the right–wrong dualism of Position 1 (strict dualism) at the other end of the new continuum. Allows individuals to maintain a dualistic either-or structure in their thinking.

Dualistic

Pertaining to or involving a division into two sharply distinct opposites or contrasting entities, often found in philosophical, spiritual, and cognitive contexts.

Emerging Adulthood

The time period from about 18 to 25, which is characterized by the shift towards increasing independence and autonomy.