In a helping behavior study, passersby in a mall are approached by a student who

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In a helping behavior study, passersby in a mall are approached by a student who is either well dressed or shabbily dressed. The student asks for directions to either the public restroom or the Kmart. Nearby, an experimenter records whether or not people provide any help. Please label the following: 1. Independent variables (all of them!) 1. Levels of the variable 2. Manipulated or subject variable? 2. Dependent variables (all of them!) 1. Scale of measurement? (nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio).

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IV#1 - attire (levels = well-dressed, shabbily-dressed)(manipulated, situational)

IV#2 - target (levels = restroom, Kmart)(manipulated, instructional)

DV – whether or not people give directions (nominal)

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