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Manipulated Vs. Responding Variable

Manipulated Vs. Responding Variable. Manipulated vs. Responding. What is a manipulated variable? The manipulated variable is what you manipulate/change/control. What is a responding variable? The responding variable depends on/responds to the manipulated variable.

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Manipulated Vs. Responding Variable

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  1. Manipulated Vs. Responding Variable

  2. Manipulated vs. Responding What is a manipulated variable? • The manipulated variable is what you manipulate/change/control. What is a responding variable? • The responding variable depends on/responds to the manipulated variable. Hypothesis: “If the temperature increases, crickets will chirp more frequently.” What is the manipulated variable? • = increased temperature What is the responding variable? • = chirping frequency

  3. Practice: What is the effect of the height a ball is dropped on the height it bounces up? What are we going to manipulate/change? • The height the ball is dropped. What are we going to observe in response to the differing heights the ball is dropped? • The height the ball bounces up. So the manipulated variable is? • The height the ball is dropped. The responding variable is? • The height the ball bounces up.

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