Graphing and Verbalization:
Simple Exercises

1  Draw and clearly label a graph that accurately represents the variables and their relationship described in each statement below.  Also:
A) Identify the independent variable, specifying it as a true IV or a subject IV
B) Identify the dependent variable
C) Judge whether the study could have been an experimental design
D) Judge whether the design was a between-subject (BS), within-subjects (WS), or potentially either (PE).

	a.  Women have higher scores on tests of depression than do men

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	b.  Seniors have higher GPAs than freshmen.

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	c.  More adolescents than children reason at a formal operational stage level

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2.  For each of the following graphs, identify the variables and describe their relations in words.  For each graph:
A) Identify the independent variable, specifying it as a true IV or a subject IV
B) Identify the dependent variable
C) Verbally describe the relation among the variables 
D) Judge whether the study could have been an experimental design
E) Judge whether the design was a between-subject (BS), within-subjects (WS), or potentially either (PE).

a.	High	|
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        Test	|
Performance 	|
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	        	         None		Less than 2 hours	More than 2 hours
				         TIME SPENT STUDYING
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b.			|
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	Incidental	|
	Learning	|
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	        	        	     Younger		         Older
					   AGE
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c.		    All	|
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   Trials Correctly       	|		
    Remembering		|
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		None	|______________________________
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	        	        	  Classical		        Rock
				                MUSIC	
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