You are doing an experiment to test whether exercise improves self-control in children. Half of the children will jump rope for five minutes before being left alone in a room with a bowl of candy. The other half of the children will color for five minutes before being left alone in the room with the candy. You plan to measure how long it takes for each child to begin eating the candy as well as how much candy the children consume. Which statement about your research is true?

Complete question:

Your dependent variable has two operational definitions.

Your independent variable has two operational definitions.

Your study does not have a control group.

Your study has the advantage of taking place in a real-world setting.

Answer:

Your dependent variable has two operational definitions.

Explanation:

The dependent variable is the evaluated participant in such an experiment. For example, the dependent variable would have been testing scores of the participant, because that was what is calculated, for a study of how tutoring impacts test scores.

One way of identifying the variable dependent is to note that it depends on the variable relying on it. When scientists adjust the independent variable, they then calculate the possible changes in the dependent variable.

Independent variables in the social sciences are usually considered as the cause and dependent variables are often seen as the consequence.