Question

John is studying punishment assigned to male or female drivers who cause minor or serious injuries to a victim in an automobile accident. he predicts that male drivers will receive harsher punishments than female drivers only when the injuries caused are severe. however, when the injuries are mild, he predicts no difference in assigned punishment between male and female drivers. the moderator variable in this design is

Answer 1

In the study in which John is studying punishment assigned to male or female drivers who cause minor or serious injuries to a victim in an automobile accident

The moderator variable in the design is the gender of the victim. A moderator variable is the third variable that affects the correlation of two variables (the dependent and independent).