Question

A doctor has invented a relaxation method that he

thinks will relieve anxiety and help students score
higher on exams. He wants to test the method on a
group of statistics students to see if it improves their
scores on the final exam. All of the students have
volunteered to participate.
What is the response variable for the experiment?

Answer 1

Exam score

Explanation:

The response variable also known as the d pendent variable, is simply the variable we intend to measure based in a set of variables (independent variables or explanatory variables) which might cause it to change. For instance, the scenario above aims to look into how a certain relaxation method will affect the exam score, here, the variable we intend to measure is the response variable which is exam score. The exam score is affected by the impact the relaxation method has on the student, hence, the relaxation method is the independent or explanatory variable.