Dependent and Independent Variable

TASK I
Direction: Read and analyze each scenario and indicate the independent variable and
dependent variable. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper which will serve as
your answer sheet. Be sure not to write anything on this learning module.
A researcher wants to examine whether a new drug increases the maze running
performance of rats. The researcher teaches two groups of rats to find a piece of food in a
maze. One group of rats is given the new drug while they are learning the maze. The second
group is not given the drug. One week after having learned the maze, the researcher retests the
rats and records how long it takes them to find the food.
• Independent Variable: The presence or absence of the drug _
• Dependent Variable: Length of time it took the rats to remember where the food was
located _
A researcher wanted to study the effects of sleep deprivation on physical coordination.

The researcher randomly selected a group of college students and deprived some of the
participants to either 24, 36, or 48 hours of sleep.
• Independent Variable: Length of time the participant was sleep deprived (three
categories/levels, 24,36, and 48)
• Dependent Variable: the effects of sleep deprivation on physical coordination
A researcher wanted to test whether the number of people present (either 1, 6, 12, 24)
would influence subjects’ judgments on a simple perceptual task. In each case, the other
members of the group gave the incorrect answer. The researcher then noted whether the
subject conformed to the group decision.
• Independent Variable: ______________________________________________________

• Dependent Variable: ______________________________________________________
A researcher had 20 participants watch a videotaped re-enactment of a jewelry store

robbery. One-half of the participants were asked by a police investigator to recall the event,
while the remaining participants were interviewed by a police investigator while they were
hypnotized.
• Independent Variable: ______________________________________________________

• Dependent Variable: ______________________________________________________
TASK II
Direction: From the given experiments, identify the types of variable (Continuous,
Discrete, Independent, Dependent) and write proofs to support your answers. Write your
answers on a separate sheet of paper which will serve as your answer sheet. Be sure not
to write anything on this learning module.
Example: 1. Research Title: The Amount of Sleep and Classroom Behaviour of
Grade 7 Students of De La Salle Zobel.
Independent Variable: The amount of sleep Dependent Variable: classroom behaviour
Research Title Variables

Recording the number of points 1. _______________________
scored by an NBA team in each _______________________
game of the 2018 season. _______________________
_______________________
Collecting data about the 2. _______________________

mileage per liter of a certain _______________________
brand and model of a car _______________________
_______________________
Measuring the distance 3. ______CONTINUOUS_________________

travelled by different cars using ____1 LITER OF
1-liter of gasoline. GASOLINE___________________
_______________________
_______________________
The effectiveness of two 4. _______________________

reading methods, sight and _______________________
phonics, in increasing verbal _______________________
comprehension. _______________________
The study investigated whether 5. _______________________
the ability to discriminate _______________________
among parts of speech _______________________
increased with chronological _______________________
age and educational level.
TASK III
Direction: Think and write a scenario on each of the kinds of
variables – discrete, continuous, independent, and dependent. You may
use the guide questions provided in this activity to help you
plan and accomplish this writing task. Write your

answers on a separate sheet of paper which will
serve as your answer sheet. Be sure not to write anything on this learning module.
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TASK I

• Independent Variable: The presence or absence of the drug _

A researcher wanted to study the effects of sleep deprivation on physical coordination.

• Independent Variable: ______________________________________________________

A researcher had 20 participants watch a videotaped re-enactment of a jewelry store

• Independent Variable: ______________________________________________________

Research Title Variables

Collecting data about the 2. _______________________

Measuring the distance 3. CONTINUOUS___________

The effectiveness of two 4. _______________________

variables – discrete, continuous, independent, and dependent. You may

use the guide questions provided in this activity to help you

plan and accomplish this writing task. Write your

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