An investigator was interested in studying the effect of taking a course in chil

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An investigator was interested in studying the effect of taking a course in child development upon attitudes toward childrearing. At the end of the semester, the researcher distributed a questionnaire to students who had taken the child development course. Questionnaires were also given to an equal number of students who had not taken the course. The students who had taken the child development course had different attitudes from the students who had not taken the course (e.g., they had more positive attitudes about having large families). Identify the independent variable(s). Identify the dependent variable(s). Identify any confounding variable(s). Propose a method to "unconfound" the experiment.

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INDEPENDENT VARIABLE------- CHILD DEVELOPMENT COURSE

DEPENDENT VARIABLE------- ATTITUDE (CHILD DEVELOPMENT)

CONFONDING VARIABLES---SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS,AGE, SEX ETC

METHOD- ANCOVA(ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE)

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