Question

For each variable below, indicate the variable's levels, whether it is measured or manipulated, and how you might describe the study at a conceptual and operational level. Operational Definition of the Variable Conceptual Variable Name Levels of this Variable Measured or Variable Manipulated? Asking participants to circle "male"" or Measured A questionnaire study asks for various demographic information, including participants' sex. Participant's Male Female sex "female" on a form A questionnaire study asks about self-esteem, measured on a 10-item Rosenberg self-esteem scale. A study of readability gives people a passage of text. The passage to be read is printed in one of three colors of text (black, red, or blue). A study of school achievement requests each participant to report his or her SAT score, as a mea sure of college readiness A professor who wants to know more about study habits among his students asks students to report the number of minutes they studied for the midterm exam. A researcher studying self- control and blood glucose levels asks participants to an experiment at 1:00 pm. Some of the students are asked not to eat anything before the experiment; others are told to eat lunch before arriving. In a study association with self- control, the researchers give a group of students a self- esteem inventory. Then they invite participants who score in the top 10% and the bottom 10 % of the self- esteem scale to participate in the next step. to come on self- esteem's

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Answer 1

1. Conceptual variable name - Self Esteem

Levels of variable - Strongly Agree, Agree, Disagree, Strongly Disagree

Measured/Manipulated - Measured

Operational definition - Asking participants to circle one of the 4 options for each question

2. Conceptual variable name - Link between the color of print and readability

Levels of variables - Red, Blue and Green printed text

Measured/ Manipulated - Manipulated

Operational definition - Each student is given 3 different colored printed text and asked to read.

3. CVN- College readiness

LOV - Below average, Average, Above average

Measured/Manipulated - Measured

OD - SAT score of each participant is categorized into 3 parts. Those below 80, between 80 and 90 and those above 90%

3. CVN - Study time invested

LOV - Less than 40 hours, Between 40 and 80 hours, More than 80 hours

Measured

OD - Number of hours is split to 3 parts such as shorter time, average time and longer time provided by each student and is then listed.

4. CVN - Level of blood sugar (fasting /postprandial)

LOV - Normal, Abnormal

Manipulated

OD - Blood sugar of both sets of students are taken at 1 pm.

5. CVN - Relation b/n self-esteem and self-control

LOV - Above average(top 10), Average. Below average bottom 10)

Manipulated

OD - Students are asked to write an essay about their contribution to social service to date.