The Administration of Midwest State University Wants to Know If

question 95

Multiple Choice

The administration of Midwest State University wants to know if arrangement of chairs affects student participation in classrooms. What would be a good operational definition of the dependent variable in an experiment designed to measure this relationship?

• A) class size: under 50 or over 50
• B) number of students enrolled in each class
• C) chair arrangement: theater style or circular
• D) frequency with which students ask questions

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Definitions:

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