Quiz Instructions

Instructions: Carefully read each of the five descriptions. Then in the space provided identify the information required for the independent variable and the dependent variable. You will be describing either the conceptual variable or the operational definition of the variable. Be sure that you do the right one.

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A researcher is interested in the effects of Prozac on anxiety. He gives some anxious patients 250 milligrams of Prozac daily while others receive no Prozac. He subsequently measures anxiety with a 21 item self-report measure.

Question 1

Operational Definition of the Independent variable:

Question 2

Conceptual Dependent variable: