How many dependent variables (practice)

1. Practice Problems
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne

2. Problem #1

3. Some of your fellow school counselors feel that students who
request to be in the same lunch period as their friends tend to
perform worse academically. You collect the names of all
students who make this request and then take an average of
their GPAs to determine which group performs better.
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4. Some of your fellow school counselors feel that students who
request to be in the same lunch period as their friends tend to
perform worse academically. You collect the names of all
students who make this request and then take an average of
their GPAs to determine which group performs better.
How many dependent variables are there?
Advance the slide to see the answer
Two or MoreOne

5. Advance the slide to see the explanation
Some of your fellow school counselors feel that students who
request to be in the same lunch period as their friends tend to
perform worse academically. You collect the names of all
students who make this request and then take an average of
their GPAs to determine which group performs better.
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne

6. Some of your fellow school counselors feel that students who
request to be in the same lunch period as their friends tend to
perform worse academically. You collect the names of all
students who make this request and then take an average of
their GPAs to determine which group performs better.
Advance the slide to see the explanation
Explanation
In this study GPA is the dependent variable or in other words GPA is
dependent on or influenced by whether students request to be in the same
lunch period as their friends or not
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne

7. Problem #2

8. Advance the slide to see the options
You just overheard a discussion among students in which
they said that atheists suffer from depression more because
they don’t believe in God. You are skeptical of this claim and
set out to prove that one’s belief in God is not connected
with amount of depression.

9. Advance the slide to see the answer
You just overheard a discussion among students in which
they said that atheists suffer from depression more because
they don’t believe in God. You are skeptical of this claim and
set out to prove that one’s belief in God is not connected
with amount of depression.
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne

10. Advance the slide to see the explanation
You just overheard a discussion among students in which
they said that atheists suffer from depression more because
they don’t believe in God. You are skeptical of this claim and
set out to prove that one’s belief in God is not connected
with amount of depression.
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne

11. Advance the slide to see the next problem
You just overheard a discussion among students in which
they said that atheists suffer from depression more because
they don’t believe in God. You are skeptical of this claim and
set out to prove that one’s belief in God is not connected
with amount of depression.
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne
Explanation
In this study depression is the dependent variable or in other words
depression is dependent on or influenced by whether one believes in God or
not.

12. Problem #3

13. Lately you have had several younger high school students talk to
you about having suicidal thoughts and intense feelings of
shame. You have a hunch that such thoughts differ across grades
(freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors).
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14. Advance the slide to see the answer
Lately you have had several younger high school students talk to
you about having suicidal thoughts and intense feelings of
shame. You have a hunch that such thoughts differ across grades
(freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors).
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne

15. Advance the slide to see the explanation
Lately you have had several younger high school students talk to
you about having suicidal thoughts and intense feelings of
shame. You have a hunch that such thoughts differ across grades
(freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors).
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne

16. Advance the slide to see the next problem
Lately you have had several younger high school students talk to
you about having suicidal thoughts and intense feelings of
shame. You have a hunch that such thoughts differ across grades
(freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors).
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne
Explanation
In this study suicidal thoughts and intense feelings of shame are the two
dependent variables or in other words suicidal thoughts and intense feelings of
shame are dependent on or influenced by one’s grade level.

17. Problem #4

18. It is time for graduating seniors to begin applying for college and
you want to know if acceptance rates differ across gender. You
compare the average acceptance rates for males and females to
see if there is a difference?
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19. It is time for graduating seniors to begin applying for college and
you want to know if acceptance rates differ across gender. You
compare the average acceptance rates for males and females to
see if there is a difference?
Advance the slide to see the answer
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne

20. It is time for graduating seniors to begin applying for college and
you want to know if acceptance rates differ across gender. You
compare the average acceptance rates for males and females to
see if there is a difference?
Advance the slide to see the explanation
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne

21. It is time for graduating seniors to begin applying for college and
you want to know if acceptance rates differ across gender. You
compare the average acceptance rates for males and females to
see if there is a difference?
The End
How many dependent variables are there?
Two or MoreOne
Explanation
In this study acceptance rate is the dependent variable or in other words
acceptance rate is dependent on or influenced by whether one is male or
female.