Variables
Dr. Neha Deo
Definitions of variable
1. Variable is defined as some quality
or characteristics which can take on
a number of values.
2. Variables are the things which can be
expressed quantitatively or
qualitatively.
Definitions of variable
3.Variables are the things which can be
expressed quantitatively or
qualitatively.
4.Variables are the conditions or
characteristics that the experimenter
manipulates , controls or observes.
Examples of variables
Level of teaching
Location(Rural
/Urban )
Weight
Concentration
Giftedness
Achievement
Medium
Height
Educational -
qualification
Age
Sex
Personality
IQ
EQ
SC status
Education
Standard
Methodology
Subject
Teacher’s-
personality
Attitude
Time
Interest
Anxiety
Which
intervene in between
cause & effect..cannot
be controlled or
measured ….motivation,
fatigue, anxiety,
boredom
—
Characteristics of
human-cannot be
changed—already
determined by birth.
Those
uncontrolled variables
not manipulated by the
experimenter. Any
condition other than
independent variable
might be responsible
for the effect on
dependent variable.
Unknown variables.
Its effect may be
confused with
independent
variable. These are
hard to observe
Continuous
Age,
Development,
Growth
Discrete—
Number of
students,
Population,
Salary
• Extraneous
Independent
—Cause ,
Stimulus,
Antecedent,
Experimental,
Treatment
Dependent-
Effect,
Response,
consequence,
Behaviour,
effect
Controlled
Confounding
Intervening
Extraneous
1. Play way Method
2. Activity based
programme
3.Role Playing
4.Dramatization
5.Aids awareness
programme
6.Yog programme
1. Achievement
2. Interest
3. Attitude
4. Interest
5. Aids awareness
6. Anxiety
Independent Dependent
Research methodology-Variables-by Dr. Neha Deo

Research methodology-Variables-by Dr. Neha Deo