Dr. Franz sets up an experimental study to investigate how self-esteem is affected by feedback from teachers. During the study, teachers of Grade 3 administer a short quiz where each child earns the same score (5 out of a possible 10 points). All of the children are then given feedback. Half the children are told that this is a very good score whereas the rest are told that it is an average score.
-In this study,what is the independent variable?

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The independent variable is the type of feedback the child receives, as this is what is being manipulated by the experimenter to see its effect on self-esteem. The child's score on the quiz and their level of self-esteem after the quiz are dependent variables, as they are being measured and affected by the independent variable. The age of the children is not relevant to the independent variable.

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