Daniel would like to study a new way of teaching research methods. There are two sections of research methods: one taught at 2 p. m. on Mondays and the other at 2 p. m. on Wednesdays. Daniel has Bob, the Monday teacher, use the new method and Jack, the Wednesday teacher, use the old method. At the end of the semester, Daniel finds that students who were taught the new method had higher grades than students taught the old way. What (if any) is the extraneous variable?

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Isabell Todd

6 September, 13:11

Daniel would like to study a new way of teaching research methods. There are two sections of research methods: one taught at 2 p. m. on Mondays and the other at 2 p. m. on Wednesdays. Daniel has Bob, the Monday teacher, use the new method and Jack, the Wednesday teacher, use the old method. At the end of the semester, Daniel finds that students who were taught the new method had higher grades than students taught the old way. What (if any) is the extraneous variable?

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Zachariah · Answer 1

The answer is - The two teachers

Explanation:

The options are;

a. grades at the end of the semester

b. method of instruction (new versus old)

c. the two teachers

d. There is no extraneous variable in this study.

The answer is C - The two teachers

Extraneous variables are defined as variables that are not deliberately being studied in the experiment and the experimenter can not control. They give rise to a connection between two variables that are not casually related. Daniel's research involves two different methods (old and new) taught on two different days at two p. m