Lucy Examined Relationships Between Middle-School Students' Self-Esteem and Their Performance

question 18

Multiple Choice

Lucy examined relationships between middle-school students' self-esteem and their performance in Mathematics.Her data analysis indicated that students with higher self-esteem perform better than those with lower self-esteem.Her investigation further revealed that students with higher self-esteem are more willing to invest effort in solving Math problems.In this case,the amount of effort is

• A)An independent variable
• B)A dependent variable
• C)A mediating variable
• D)A moderating variable

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