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cory23
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I am doing a experiment on optical illusions. Can you please tell me if a different gender can be my independent variable?
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MaryB
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Post by MaryB »

Hi coryd,

What exactly are you trying to learn from your research? what is your question or hypothesis? What is your dependent variable - i.e., the variable you are trying to predict?

An independent variable is a variable that can influence your dependent variable. So, if gender can influence your dependant variable it would be an independent variable.

If you could give a few more details about your project maybe we could answer your question better.

Thanks,

Mary
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