Question

Dr. humor wonders if knock-knock jokes are funnier than jokes involving “crossing the road.” he has several people tell participants a series of both types of jokes and has the participants rate how funny they believe each joke to be. in this example, the dependent variable is

Answer 1

When we say dependent variable, this is the variable in an experiment that is dependent of the result, or the variable that is being measured and is affected in the experiment. In the given scenario above, the dependent variable would be the humor ratings of the participants.