Question

Linda is conducting an experiment to determine how much pasta people would eat when given a serving bowl of a certain size. She manipulated the serving bowl size and then measured the two variables. Based on the fact that Linda is going to assign people to different serving bowl sizes, this would be considered a(n):

Answer 1

Linda assigning people different bowl size is the Independent Variable

Step-by-step explanation:

Linda is conducting an experimental research , analysing the effect of pasta bowl size on pasta consumption.

The causal variable in a research is an independent variable. And, the variable effected by the independent (causal) variable is the dependent variable.

In this case, pasta serving bowl sizes (quantity) are changed to observe & analyse their impact on amount of pasta eaten by people. Hence :

• Pasta serving bowl size (quantity given) is the independent variable, as it affects amount of pasta eaten
• Quantity/ amount of pasta eaten is the dependent variable, as it is effected by pasta serving bowl size (quantity)