Patsy Conducted an Experiment That Included Two Groups of Jr

question 48

Multiple Choice

Patsy conducted an experiment that included two groups of jr. high girls. One group received no training while the other received a 3-hour intervention about the benefits of careers in math and science domains. Patsy compared the willingness of girls to enroll in subsequent math courses as her outcome measure. Her t test analysis indicated no differences between her treatment group and the no-exposure control.
-In Patsy's study, willingness to enroll in future math and science courses is the

• A) manipulated variable.
• B) control variable.
• C) criterion variable.
• D) independent variable.

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