Semester Fall 2022
Statistics in Psychology (PSY516)
Assignment 01 Solution
Name: Zameer Hussain
Student ID: Bc220417499
Examples Independen
t variable
Prof. Haris is Sleep time
conducting and
experiment to
explore whether the
exams scores of his
students will be
impacted by the
amount of their sleep
time a night before
exam.
Dr. Shehzad Passengers
conducted a research travel via influenza
on passengers. airline
Results of his study
showed that more
passengers travel via
airline, the more
they are likely to
catch influenza
during flu season.
Miss Nimra has Other
launched a brand of brands
baby diapers. To see
Dependent Justification
variable
Exams In the given scenario sleep
score time is the independent
variable while the exam scores
of the student is dependent
variable because in the given
scenario Prof. Haris want to
explore the cause of sleep on
the student exams score to see
this relationship, he can
change the sleep of students
(increase or decrease) to see
the impact on the student
score. As they get higher
scores or low in their exams.
Catch According to this case study
Passenger travel via airline is
independent while catch
influenza is dependent
variable. In this scenario Dr.
Shehzad conduct a research on
passenger to explore whether
more passengers travel via
airline, the more they can
catch influenza during flu
season.
Here, Dr. Shehzad can
reduced the number of
passengers and then see the
impact of influenza is
decreased or increased.
Miss In this scenario other brands
of Nimra’s diapers (canbebe and
molofix ) is independent
whether the diaper diaper
of her brand will
hold the most liquid,
she took one diaper
from her brand and 2
diapers of canbebe
and molifix and
found that diaper of
her own brand holds
the most liquid.
Ms. Shahida Online self- Academic
conducted a research regulated
on virtual university skills
students. She found
that students’ online
self-regulated skills
positively impacted
their academic
performance.
Mr. Rehan Fear of Rejection
conducted a three- covid-19
waive study and
found that fear of
covid-19 increased
the rejection
sensitivity of older
adults during all
three waves of
Caronavirus.
brand variable and Miss Nimra
diaper brand is dependent
variable because she wanted to
see the others daiper is
holding the more liquid or her
diaper holding. So that’s why
change the other brands
diapers to check her own
diaper quality of holding
liquid.
Other brands diapers are
changing so others daiper
brands are independent
variable.
In the given scenario online
performanc self-regulated skills is
e independent variable and
academic performance is
dependent. In this scenario
Ms. Shahida wanted to see the
impact of students online
positive self-regulated skills
on their academic
performance, if they have
positive self-regulated skills
then they can perform better in
their academic curriculum and
if they have negative then they
can’t perform better in their
academic performance.
In the given case study Mr.
sensitivity Rehan wanted see the impact
of older of covid-19 fear on the older
adults adults during all three waves
of Coronavirus. So in this
scenario fear of covid-19 is
independent variable and
rejection sensitivity of older
adults is dependent variable.