A study attempts to examine whether watching a lot of television or playing a lot of video games will have a detrimental effect on a child's academic success at school and/or their success at sports. he experiment is conducted on the basis that the age of the child will be important in determining this effect but the gender of the child will not. Select all the elements that are FACTORS of this experiment:

a. age of the child
b. gender of the child
c. time spend reading books over a year
d. time spent playing video games over a year
e. success at sports
f. academic success at school
g. time spent watching television over a year

Respuesta :

Answer : A,D,G

Step-by-step explanation:

A factor of experiment is the controlled independent variable.

The factor of experiments are,

  • d) Time spent playing video games over a year
  • e) Success at sports
  • f)  Academic success at school
  • g) Time spent watching television over a year

Hence option d,e,f and g is the factor of experiment.

What is the factor of experiment means?

A factor of experiment is the controlled independent variable.

Given information

The experiment is conducted on the basis of age.

The experiment is not conducted on the basis of gender.

In the experiment the relation between watching TV a lot or playing video game and child's academic success at school and/or their success at sports tried to obtained.

Factors of this experiment-

  • a) Age of the child- As in the statement it is cleared, that the age of the child is a base of the experiment but the age can not be a controlled independent variable. Thus the age of the child is the not a factor of this experiment.

  • b) Gender of the child-As for the study for the given problem, the gender is not important. Thus the gender of the child in not a factor of this experiment.

  • c) Time spend reading books over a year-The study is to determine the relation between watching TV a lot or playing video game and child's academic success and not about reading books. Thus the time spend reading books over a year is not a factor of this experiment.

  • d) Time spent playing video games over a year- The study is to determine the relation between playing video game and child's academic success or success in sports. Thus, time spent playing video games over a year is a factor of this experiment.

  • e) Success at sports-As the success at the sports is the part of the study. Thus, success at sports is a factor of this experiment.
  • f) Academic success at school- As the academic success at the school is the part of the study. Thus, academic success at school is a factor of this experiment.

  • g)Time spent watching television over a year-The study is to determine the relation between a lot of television watching and child's academic success or success in sports. Thus, time spent watching television over a years a factor of this experiment.

Thus the factor of experiments are,

  • d) Time spent playing video games over a year
  • e) Success at sports
  • f)  Academic success at school
  • g) Time spent watching television over a year

Hence option d,e,f and g is the factor of experiment.

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