Researchers scheduled one group of nurses at a hospital to w…

Researchers scheduled one group of nurses at a hospital to work 8-hour shifts for 6 days a week and another group of nurses to work 12-hour shifts for 4 days a week. At the end of the year, they compared results from a job satisfaction survey and found that the group who worked 12-hour shifts for 4 days a week had higher job satisfaction. The _______ variable in this study is the work schedule.

Researchers asked one group of college students to study mat…

Researchers asked one group of college students to study math for 30 minutes a day 3 days a week and another group of college students to study math for 90 minutes a day 1 day a week. They allowed a third group of students to study however they would normally study. At the end of the semester, they compared the final math grades for all three groups and found that the group who studied 30 minutes a day 3 days a week had highest math grades. This is an example of