Question

Professor Sanders wants to study how constant distractions during an exam affect student performance. She randomly assigns her students to different classrooms where the experimental group will receive a predetermined number of distractions while taking an exam. In this study, the independent variable is the ________ and the dependent variable is the ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

distractions, student performance

Explanation:

Student performance is caused by the distractions. The distractions are causing the student performance.

So the distractions are independent (not caused)

and the student performance is dependent (caused)