Question

At a school, there are two different math classes for children of the same age. The two classes have different teachers. The school principal is interested in gauging the effectiveness of two different teaching methods and asks each teacher to try one of the methods. At the end of the semester both classes are given the same test and the results are compared.

In this experiment, what is the treatment variable?
Give an example of a variable that could confound the results.

Answer 1

Answer:Treatment variable = Teaching methods

Confounding variable = Teacher's teaching prowess

Explanation:

Answer 2

Treatment variable = Teaching methods

Confounding variable = Teacher's teaching prowess

Explanation:

The treatment variable here is that variable which is applied on the student in other to ovtujba measure of the dependent or response variable, the response variable here is the test score, while the treatment variable is the independent variable, which are the teaching methods.

The confounding variable is that variable which is capable of causing a spurious association in our measurement and also has an effect on the test score. However, this variable isn't taken into account during our experiment. One possible confounding variable could be the Teacher's individual teaching prowess regardless of the teaching method. This could cause the student to get a better grasp of what is being taught by one teacher than the other.