Heidi conducted research on success in mathematics. She found that perseverance, motivation, and number sense had a direct effect on mathematics success. Student attitudes about math had an indirect effect. An indirect effect refers to:
A) The effects of a variable directly on another
B) The effect of the variable at the origin of an arrow on the variable at the receiving end of the arrow
C) The effect of a variable that occurs through an intervening variable
D) The path coefficient indexing the direct effect

Question

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An indirect effect occurs when a variable influences another variable through one or more intervening variables.

Heidi Conducted Research on Success in Mathematics