How can a variable, like depression, be used either as an independent or as a dependent variable?
What will be an ideal response?
If an experimenter wanted to see if level of depression affected some behavior, the researcher would manipulate the depression level in participants to see if behavior changed. In this case, depression level would be the IV, the manipulated variable..
If the experimenter wanted to see if some manipulation affected a person's level of depression, the researcher would manipulate an IV and see the result in terms of a person's depression level. In this case, depression would be a DV, or an outcome behavior.
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a. biased reporting b. poor credibility c. privileging foreign sources d. deference to politicians
What is the main reason the early primaries and caucuses have so much influence?
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