Question

Based on the article Dyslexia in Fifth-Grade Girls: Personality and Perceptual Factors by Jane Kent-Reid and John E. Duzzent and Time Estimation: Effect of Depression and Pleasantness or Unpleasantness of an Experience by Jean Malheure and Anthony R. Bontiempo, identify the following for each article.

(1) independent or predictor/input variables

(2) dependent or criterion/output variables

(3) the research methodology

(4) the research design.

Answer 1

1. The independent variable in the first paper seems to be that of self esteem.

2. The dependent variable would be the reading ability of the said fifth grade students

3. The research methodology was quantitative

4. The design was experimental with one group bring control and the other experimental