Question

A researcher tests whether smoking by parents influences children’s attitudes toward smoking behavior.

Independent Variable: ________
Quasi-Independent Variable: ________
Dependent Variable: ________

Answer 1

Independent Variable: Smoking

Quasi-Independent Variable: Parents to Children (Assuming that the researcher purposely manipulated it, otherwise there is none.)

Dependent Variable: Children's attitudes toward smoking behavior

Answer 2

Independent Variable: Smoking by parents
Quasi-Independent Variable: None (assuming that smoking by parents is a naturally occurring variable and not manipulated by the researcher)
Dependent Variable: Children's attitudes toward smoking behavior