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Research Variable 1

NURSING

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Research

variable and
Hypothesis
Melody M. Gatdula, RN RM LPT MAN
The Variables Of Research
(Independent vs
Dependent)
Variable
-is anything that varies.
-It refers to a characteristics or attributes of an
individual or organization that can be measured or
observed.
-any quality of a person, group or situation that varies
or takes on different values, typically numerical
values.
E.g. weight, age, body temperature, anxiety level, SES,
attitude
Variable
● Most quantitative researchers seek to understand
how and why things vary and to learn how
differences in one variable are related to one
another.
● Example:
● -Lung cancer research is concerned with the variable
of lung cancer
● -Researchers have studied what variables might be
linked to lung cancer and have identified cigarette
smoking
Hypothesis
A hypothesis is a prediction about the
relationship between two or more
variables. A good hypothesis is worded
in clear in concise language.
Hypotheses are tentative statements
about a given population.
They serve as a tentative answer to one
or more of the research questions, and
are subjected to a statistical test.
Independent Variable

- Affects the value of the dependent condition that


produces the outcome
-“ assumed cause” , influence or affect outcomes
of a problem
- Symbol x, representing an arbitrary element in the
domain
- What the researcher manipulates or varies .
- Also called the treatment, manipulated or
predictor variables.
References
Example: The researcher examined the effect of tactile
stimulation on weight gain in premature infants
IV: effect of tactile stimulation
Example:
A study examining the effect of nurse’s contraceptive
counselling on unwanted births
IV: nurse’s contraceptive counselling
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
- Factor whose value is affected by the independent variable
-Variable that being measured or Outcome Variable
- Outcome of the process or “assume Effect” or the result of
influence of the independent variable.
- Symbol y, representing an element in the domain
- Change that occurs in the study population
- Also called the criterion, outcome, effect and response
variables.
Examples of dependent variables
Example: The researcher examined the effect of
tactile stimulation on weight gain in premature
infants
DV: weight gain in premature infants

Example:
A study examining the effect of nurse’s
contraceptive counselling on unwanted births
DV: unwanted births
Other Types of Variable
Types of Variables (Barrientos, 2011)
A. Extraneous or Exogenous Variable
*Orgasmic
-A characteristic of the organism that can used to classify
the organism for research purpose
*Environmental
-This are factors that affect or influence the phenomenon
under study
Other Types of Variable
B. Abstract or Continuous Variable
- These are factors that have different values which are quantitatively measured and
statistically tested through hypothesis
C. Dichotomous variables
- These are factors with only two values
D. Active Variables
- Factors which the researchers creates and/or manipulate
E. Attributes Variables
- These are pre-existing characteristics of the subjects which the researcher simply
observes and measures

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