Dr. Collar conducted an experiment to see if owning a dog during childhood influences the development of empathy. Over 10 years, Dr. Collar studied the same two groups of children. One group received a dog when they were 5 years old, the other group received no pet. Each year families in both groups filled out a scale about the child's empathy. The independent variable in this study is_________The dependent variable is _______ A) Not present because the study is correlational; dog ownership B) Dog ownership; empathy C)Not present because the study is correlational; empathy D) Empathy; dog ownership
Dr. Collar conducted an experiment to see if owning a dog during childhood influences the development of empathy. Over 10 years, Dr. Collar studied the same two groups of children. One group received a dog when they were 5 years old, the other group received no pet. Each year families in both groups filled out a scale about the child's empathy. The independent variable in this study is_________The dependent variable is _______
A) Not present because the study is correlational; dog ownership
B) Dog ownership; empathy
C)Not present because the study is correlational; empathy
D) Empathy; dog ownership
Research is a systematic study of a particular topic that contributes to the pool of knowledge. Quantitative research begins with stating the problem, developing a topic, forming a hypothesis, collecting data and analyzing it and then using it to accept or reject the hypothesis, and finally drawing conclusions based on the hypothesis.
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