NURSING ANM AND GNM

NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS

NURSING RESEARCH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The variable which is influenced by the intervention of the researcher is called:
A
Independent
B
Dependent
C
Discrete
D
Extraneous
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The dependent variable is the variable that is being measured or tested in an experiment. 1 For example, in a study looking at how tutoring impacts test scores, the dependent variable would be the participants’ test scores since that is what is being measured.

Detailed explanation-2: -A variable in research simply refers to a person, place, thing, or phenomenon that you are trying to measure in some way. The best way to understand the difference between a dependent and independent variable is that the meaning of each is implied by what the words tell us about the variable you are using.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are different types of variables and having their influence differently in a study viz. Independent & dependent variables, Active and attribute variables, Continuous, discrete and categorical variable, Extraneous variables and Demographic variables.

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