Researchers were interested in examining whether writing or drawing about past e

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Researchers were interested in examining whether writing or drawing about past emotional experiences would relieve anxiety. Female college students either wrote about emotional topicsfor an hour, wrote about non-emotional topicsfor an hour, or drew pictures about emotional topics for thirty minutes. Anxiety and stress were measured using standard questionnaire.

1. What is the indepedent variable?

2. What is the dependent variable?

3.What is the confound?

4.How could the confound be fixed?

5.How many levels are there for the independent variable?

Explanation / Answer

What is the independent variable which we can change is the past emotional experiences and time The dependent variable which we are going to measure is; the level of Anxiety and stress. The confound can be the; environment, sleep or the diet of the subjects. The problem of confounding can be fixed by statistical analysis especially regression models. The levels for the independent variable are; two i.e. writing about emotional topics for an hour or drawing pictures about emotional topics for thirty minutes.

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