A researcher wanted to see if alcohol consumption raises or lowers a person's self-esteem. In one condition, he gives participants three glasses of punch spiked with alcohol and in the other he gives participants three glasses of plain punch. After participants finish their punch, they complete the Rosenberg (1965) self-esteem scale. In this study, self-esteem is the ________ and the Rosenberg questionnaire is the ________.

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Self-esteem is the variable that is being measured, making it the dependent variable. The Rosenberg questionnaire is the tool used to measure self-esteem in this study, making it the operational dependent variable. The independent variable is whether or not the punch is spiked with alcohol, which is the conceptual independent variable.

A Researcher Wanted to See If Alcohol Consumption Raises or Lowers