Author Question: In an experiment, if a variable changes systematically with the levels of the independent variable ... (Read 83 times)

moongchi · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

In an experiment, if a variable changes systematically with the levels of the independent variable it is called a(n)

A) independent variable.
B) dependent variable.
C) random variable.
D) confounding variable.

Question 2

In a card sorting experiment you measure how long it takes people to sort a shuffled deck of cards first on the basis of suit and then on the basis of color. You find that they take longer to sort by suit. What would be the most basic problem with this experiment?

A) The people may have varying prior experience with cards.
B) The order of sorting is confounded with the type of sorting.
C) Some people may have better dexterity than others.
D) Nothing is basically wrong with the experiment.