In: Statistics and Probability
Does reaction time (measured in seconds) depend on how much
coffee is consumed? Researchers design an experiment in which
subjects are instructed to look at a computer screen and respond as
quickly as possible—by pressing a button—as soon as a particular
stimulus appears on the computer screen. Prior to responding to the
computer stimulus, subjects are either randomly assigned to drink
no coffee, to drink one cup of coffee, or to drink two cups of
coffee. It is observed that those subjects who drink the most
coffee have the shortest reaction times (or react faster), on
average, than those who drink no coffee at all. In this experiment,
the response variable
A. is the variable being manipulated by the experimenter.
B. is a categorical variable.
C. is a quantitative variable.
D. is the number of subjects who took part in the experiment. E. is the stimulus that appeared on the computer screen
Here the response variable is to drink no coffee, to drink one cup of coffee, or to drink two cups of coffee. So the response variable is
c) is quantitative vatiable