The academic manager wants to determine whether students’ performance (i.e., marks) in the formative assessment is a reliable predictor of students’ performance (i.e., marks) in the summative assessment.
As part of the end-of-semester review of the marks obtained by third-year students in business statistics, the academic manager of Frontier Business School has captured the marks obtained by 10 randomly selected third-year students in their formative and summative assessments as shown below in Table.
The academic manager wants to determine whether students’ performance (i.e., marks) in the formative assessment is a reliable predictor of students’ performance (i.e., marks) in the summative assessment.
The relationship between the independent variable (IV) and the dependent variable (DV) is likely to be mediated by a
third variable (MV). With regard to the statement above, which of the following is most likely to be correct?
A IV = Students’ performance (i.e., marks) in the formative assessment; DV = Students’ performance (i.e., marks) in
the summative assessment, and MV = Students’ level of comfort with the venue of the assessments.
B IV = Students’ performance (i.e., marks) in the summative assessment; DV = Students’ performance (i.e., marks) in
the formative assessment, and MV = Students’ level of preparation for the assessments.
C IV = Students’ performance (i.e., marks) in the formative assessment; DV = Students’ performance (i.e., marks) in
the summative assessment, and MV = Students’ level of preparation for the assessments.
D IV = Students’ performance (i.e., marks) in the summative assessment; DV = Students’ performance (i.e., marks) in
the formative assessment, and MV = Students’ level of comfort with the venue of the assessments.
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