RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

RESEARCH AND SCIENTIFIC METHODS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A student is planning an experiment to find out how the height from which he drops a ball affects how high the ball bounces. The dependent variable is the ____
A
Diameter of the ball
B
Force acting on the ball
C
Height that the ball bounces
D
Height from which the ball is dropped
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: -The variable that is purposely changed to test a hypothesis is called the manipulated variable (also called the independent variable). The factor that may change in response to the manipulated variable is called the responding variable (also called the dependent variable).

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: The measure used to judge the outcome of the experiment is called the dependent variable. In an experiment, the variable that changes as a result of the independent variable is the dependent variable.

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