Task 1: Build a Framework

Mediating Variable

Grade 12 ABM Students

Entrepreneurial Intention
Entrepreneurial Knowledge

Independent Variable
Dependent Variable

This conceptual framework reflects the independent, dependent and mediating variables. It
shows that the Entrepreneurial Knowledge is the independent variable, the Entrepreneurial Intention is
the dependent variable and the Grade 12 ABM Students is the mediating variables which influences the
direction and the strength of the connection between independent and dependent variable of the study.