SH1806

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Dependent and Independent

Hypothesis

Directions: Identify the independent and dependent variables in the following statements. Write
your answers in the boxes provided. (10 items x 2 points)

1. The more time people spend using social media, the less they read books.
Independent
Dependent

2. Athletes become more aggressive during sports due to their intake of energy drinks.
Independent
Dependent

3. People tend to be more focused for the rest of the day if they take a quick nap in the afternoon.
Independent
Dependent

4. Stress levels decreases in a person if s/he owns a pet.

Independent
Dependent

5. Students’ ability to learn increases when they have breakfast.

Independent
Dependent

6. Students watched a gag show either alone or with others and then rated how funny they found
the show to be.
Independent
Dependent

7. A math test was given to students after they had studied their textbooks either in silence or with
the television turned on.
Independent
Dependent

8. Some high school teachers were told that a child’s parents were college graduates, and other
teachers were told that the child’s parents had not finished high school; they then rated the
students’ grades.
Independent
Dependent

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9. Workers at a company were assigned to one of two conditions: One group completed a stress
management-training program; another group of workers did not participate in the training. The
number of sick days taken by these workers was examined for the next two (2) months.
Independent
Dependent

10. Students in an STI-BSHM section were split into two (2) groups and each received a different
text for a philosophy course. One group received a traditional textbook, while the other
received an interactive textbook on an iPad. After the course, the final exam grades between the
two groups of students was compared.
Independent
Dependent

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