In a study of how effective a study strategy was for students in an AP psychology class, it was discovered that group study sessions were more effective than when students studied alone. The students in the group study group were all girls; the students in the study alone group were all boys. In this example, the gender of the subjects would be
A. A Confounding Variable
B. The Independent Variable
C. The Dependent Variable
D. A False Generalization
Answer:A
In a study of how effective a study strategy was for students in an AP psychology class, it was discovered that group study sessions were more effective than when students studied alone. The students in the group study group were all girls; the students in the study alone group were all boys. In this example, the gender of the subjects would be
A. A Confounding Variable B. The Independent Variable C. The Dependent Variable D. A False Generalization