Psyc 255 exam 3 friberg - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

experiment a study in which one variable is manipulated and the other is measured manipulated variable a variable in an experiment that a researcher controls, such as by assigning participants to its different levels (values) a variable in a study whose levels (values) are observed and recorded independent variable in an experiment, a variable that is manipulated. in a multiple-regression analysis, a predictor variable used to explain variance in the criterion variable. dependent variable...