Study variables need to vary. Please explain.

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Study variables are not constant. They need to vary so that we can measure the distribution of the scores on the variables that we are interested in studying as indicated by our hypothesis and make comparisons between two groups or between the pretest and posttest scores of a single group.

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