Question

A researcher divides participants into those who suffer from insomnia and those who sleep well. he compares the two groups on the number of hours each spends at leisure activities in an average week. he finds that the insomniacs spend significantly fewer hours at such activities. in this case, the number of hours spent at leisure activities is:

Answer 1

Answer:

The dependent variable

Explanation:

There are two types of variables used in statistical analysis. The dependent variable and the independent variable.

The dependent variable are those ones whose value depends by rule on the values of other variables.

Independent variables are those whose vales are not dependent on the values of other variables.

In this scenario the independent variables under study are those that suffer insomnia and those that sleep well.

The dependent variable is the number of leisure hours.

Number of leisure hours varies with the group the participants are in.

For example leisure hours can be 3 hours for insomniacs and 6 hours for those that sleep well.