Johanna investigated the effect of the occupation of a defendant on the severity of sentence imposed by college students. She gave students a description of a crime that "Mr. Anderson" was accused of. For one third of the students, Mr. Anderson's occupation was "vice president of a large corporation". For a second third the occupation was "janitor at a local high school", and for the third group, no occupation was listed. Each student then filled out a questionnaire that included asking how severe the sentence should be if Mr. Anderson were convicted. Identify:
a. independent variable and the number of levels.
b. dependent variable
c. a controlled extraneous variable
d. a qualitative variable

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The Answer of Johanna investigated the effect of the occupation of a defendant on the severity of sentence imposed by college students. She gave students a description of a crime that "Mr. Anderson" was accused of. For one third of the students, Mr. Anderson's occupation was "vice president of a large corporation". For a second third the occupation was "janitor at a local high school", and for the third group, no occupation was listed. Each student then filled out a questionnaire that included asking how severe the sentence should be if Mr. Anderson were convicted. Identify:
a. independent variable and the number of levels.
b. dependent variable
c. a controlled extraneous variable
d. a qualitative variable

Johanna Investigated the Effect of the Occupation of a Defendant