Zapatel and Garcia-Lopez (2004) conducted a study in which participants rated song lyrics as a function of participant's race and genre of music. In their study, ____________ is a measured IV and _________ is a manipulated IV.
A) participant race; genre of music
B) genre of music; participant race
C) song lyrics; genre of music
D) genre of music; song lyrics
E) not enough information is provided to answer this question

Question

Zapatel and Garcia-Lopez (2004) conducted a study in which participants rated song lyrics as a function of participant's race and genre of music. In their study, ____________ is a measured IV and _________ is a manipulated IV.
A) participant race; genre of music
B) genre of music; participant race
C) song lyrics; genre of music
D) genre of music; song lyrics
E) not enough information is provided to answer this question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Participant race is a measured IV because it is a characteristic of the participants that is not manipulated by the experimenter. Genre of music is a manipulated IV because it is a variable that is controlled by the experimenter and varied across different conditions of the study.

Zapatel and Garcia-Lopez (2004) Conducted a Study in Which Participants