The administration of Midwest State University wants to know if the arrangement of chairs affects student participation in classrooms. What would be a good operationalization of the dependent variable in an experiment designed to measure this relationship?
A. class size: under 50 or over 50
B. number of students enrolled in each class
C. chair arrangement: theater style or circular
D. frequency with which students ask questions
Answer: D
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