A researcher conducts a study on the effectiveness of yoga for 15 minutes during an exercise class to enhance balance in the elderly compared with classes that do not include yoga. The researcher expects the yoga-enhanced classes to show higher gains in balance. This expectation is a hypothesis the dependent variable the independent variable a paradigmCompared to applied research, basic research usually offers more control, such as that done in a laboratory is done in the "real world," such as the classroom is of more immediate value to the practitioner addresses questions that cannot be easily answered