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HCOM 308

Independent, Dependent, Confounding,

and Moderating Variables

For each hypothesis or research question identify the= independent and dependent variables.

1. H: touch and gender of the food server will have a significant effect on patrons’ tipping behavior.

2. RQ: Are people with pro-environmental attitudes more likely to drive fuel efficient cars?

3. H: Children in single parent families are more like= ly to exhibit language delay than children in dual parent families.

4. H: Type of attire (informal versus formal) and dialect (standard American English versus “Black” English/Ebonics) will have a significant affect on interviewers’ rat= ings of job applicants.

5. H: Organizations that require sexual harassment prevention training will experience significantly fewer lawsuits involving claims of sexual harassment than organizations without such training.=

6. RQ1: Does severity of maternal substance abuse duri= ng pregnancy (“recreational” versus “chronic” use) pr= edict language delay in children?

7. H1: Male managers will exhibit significantly more interruptions and turn-taking violations than female managers when interac= ting with subordinates.

8. Children’s= physical attractiveness and communication skills will predict their likelihood of adoption.

 

9. H0: There will be no difference in the age of onset of sexual activity or = the rate of STDs between high school sex education programs that emphasize “abstinence only” compared to programs that emphasize “comprehensive” sex education.

 

10. Does maltreatment of animals by children predict violence against people in adulthood?

 

 

Identify one or two potential confounding variables for each hypothesis or research question below.

11. RQ: Monolingual (English only) clinicians will be more likely to misdiagnose a child as being having a sp= eech or language disorder than multilingual clinicians.

12. RQ: Does the amount of self-disclosure predict mar= ital satisfaction?

13. H1: Managerial style (autocratic = versus democratic/participatory versus laissez faire) will have a significant eff= ect on employee satisfaction.

14. RQ: Does “mirroring” a customer’s nonverbal behavior have a significant effect on a retail salesperson’s effectiveness?

15. H: The number o= f hours spent watching TV will correlate positively with childhood obesity among children ages 5-10.

Identify a pote= ntial mediating or moderating variable for each of the hypotheses or research questions below.=

16. H: Background music will signific= antly increase workplace task performance compared to a no music condition.=

17. RQ: Are eye contact and response = time reliable predictors of deceptive communication?

18. H1: The presence or absence of an ambient aroma will have a significant effect on patient anxiety prior to undergoing a CAT scan.

19. RQ1: Does the number of siblings = in a family correlate with the likelihood of completing college?

20. RQ: The quality of argumen= ts will be significantly more effective than the quantity of arguments in persuading voters on a controversial public policy issue=