The administration of Midwest State University wants to know if arrangement of chairs affects student participation in classrooms
What would be a good operational definition 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
ANS: D, Counting the number of questions students ask is one measurable way to define the dependent variable, which is student participation.
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