A variable is a measurable characteristic or quantity that can change, essential for research as they help in exploring relationships and effects. There are five types of variables: independent, dependent, categorical, continuous, and confounding. Independent variables are manipulated to observe their effect on dependent variables, which are the outcomes measured in a study.
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Lecture On Variables
A variable is a measurable characteristic or quantity that can change, essential for research as they help in exploring relationships and effects. There are five types of variables: independent, dependent, categorical, continuous, and confounding. Independent variables are manipulated to observe their effect on dependent variables, which are the outcomes measured in a study.
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What is a variable?
7 A variable represents any characteristic,
number, or quantity that can be measured or
quantified. The term encompasses anything that
can vary or change, ranging from simple
concepts like age and height to more complex
ones like satisfaction levels or economic status Variables are essential in research as they are the
foundational elements that researchers manipulate,
measure, or control to gain insights into relationships,
causes, and effects within their studies. They enable
the framing of research questions, the formulation of
hypotheses, and the interpretation of results. I What are the 5 types of variables in research?
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Data Analysis
interpretation
Data Collection 1.Independent variables
2.Dependent variables
3. Categorical variables
4.Continuous variables
5. Confounding variables An independent variable is the variable you
manipulate or vary in an experimental study to
explore its effects. It’s called “independent”
because it’s not influenced by any other variables
in the study. What is an independent variable?
Explanatory variables (they explain an event or
outcome)
e Predictor variables (they can be used to predict the
value of a dependent variable)
e Right-hand-side variables (they appear on the right-
hand side of a regression equation).
G independent variables
Experimental
. Subject
variables
variables manipulate independent variables directly to see how they
affect your dependent variable.
applied at different levels to see how the outcomes differ.
G You can apply just two levels in order to find out if an
independent variable has an effect at all.
You can also apply multiple levels to find out how the
independent variable affects the dependent variable.
G characteristics that vary across participants, and they
can’t be manipulated by researchers. gender identity,
ethnicity, race, income, and education are all important
subject variables that social researchers treat as
independent variables. v 1.Manipulative - You can control the variable and
change its value or condition.
2. Variability - The variable has a different value that
you can assign.
3.Exogenity — Other variables cannot influence an IV,
which makes it external to the research subject. e A dependent variable is the variable that changes as a
result of the independent variable manipulation. It’s the
outcome you’re interested in measuring, and it
on your independent variable. 1. Response variables (they respond to a change in
another variable)
2. Outcome variables (they represent the outcome you
want to measure)
3. Left-hand-side variables (they appear on the left-
hand side of a regression equation)
G The dependent variable is what you record after you’ve
manipulated the independent variable. You use this
measurement data to check whether and to what extent
your independent variable influences the dependent
variable by conducting statistical analyses. a - DV is the variable that responds to the
manipulation in an IV.
2. - You can quantity or measure a
dependent variable.
3. - The variable represents the result of the
IV.
These two methods are some commonly used
independent and dependent variable identifiers.
