Question

A professor is interested in whether or not college students have a preference (indicated by a satisfaction score) for reading a textbook that has a layout of one column or layout of two columns. In the above experiment, what is the dependent variable

Answer 1

Satisfaction score

Explanation:

The dependent variable may be described as the variable which is being measured in a research experiment. In the scenario described above, the dependent variable is the satisfaction score which is used to measure preference for a one or two column textbook. The dependent variable can also seen as the variable which we would like to predict, also called the predicted variable . The predicted variable here is the satisfaction score.