An Administrator Believes That the Placement of Motivational Posters on the Walls

question 10

Multiple Choice

An administrator believes that the placement of motivational posters on the walls in classrooms of academic buildings will lead to increased GPAs (grade point averages) at his school.To test his theory,he randomly assigns certain classrooms within the university's Faculty of Science to have the posters while others do not.None of the remaining four faculties will have any posters placed in their classrooms.What is the independent variable in this study?

• A)faculties
• B)classroom posters
• C)gender of the student
• D)grade point average

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