Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
A university teacher studies the effect of the level of aspiration of students, in terms of their socio-economic background, on their scholastic performance at a term-end evaluation conducted by an external testing agency. What is the dependent variable in this study?
ALevel of aspiration of students
BSocio-economic background of students
CScholastic performance of students ✓ Correct
DTerm-end evaluation
Correct answer: (C) Scholastic performance of students — The dependent variable is the scholastic performance of students, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★The dependent variable is the scholastic performance of students, so that is the answer.
★The dependent variable is the outcome that is measured and that changes in response to the others.
★Here the study measures scholastic performance to see how it is affected, so it is the dependent variable.
★The level of aspiration is a factor whose effect is being studied, so it is an independent variable.
★The socio-economic background is the setting or condition in terms of which the effect is examined.
★The term-end evaluation is merely the means of measuring, so the dependent variable is scholastic performance.
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