Question

several studies indicates that introverts score lower on measures of life satisfaction while extrovert scores higher on measures of life satisfaction. Anew researcher would like to be able to predict life satisfaction given someone's intro/Extroversion score. Based on the context identify the independent variable and dependent variable? is this an experimental or quasi experiment? what is the research question?

Answer 1

• Independent variable is a person's 'introversion/extroversion score'
• Dependent variable is a person's life satisfaction.
• This is a quasi experiment. In an experiment, we randomly assign whether a person would be under treatment or control. But in this scenario, we cannot assign a person to be introvert or extrovert. It's the person's inherent quality. Hence, this is a quasi experiment.
• The research question is whether a person's introversion/extroversion score determines his/her life satisfaction.

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