Asked by Jattiya Arrianna on Jul 09, 2024

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A researcher wants to create an intervention to improve the well-being of graduate students in a counseling program,so she gives one group of students specific doses of rocky road ice cream,the second group of students specific doses of licorice,and the third group of students specific doses of chewy fruit-flavored candies for their treatments.As a second factor,she includes students in their first semester of their first year of graduate school as one cohort and students in the first semester of their second year of graduate school as the other cohort.The first factor in this intervention would be ______,the second factor would be ______,and the dependent variable would be ______.

A) type of treatment;cohort;well-being
B) well-being;students;cohort
C) well-being;cohort;type of treatment
D) type of treatment;well-being;cohort

Well-Being

A comprehensive term for the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy, often used in the context of mental, physical, and social health.

Type Of Treatment

Refers to the different categories of interventions or conditions applied to subjects in experimental research.

Cohort

A group of individuals sharing a common characteristic, typically defined by the year or period of birth, who are studied over a period of time.

  • Discern between dependent and independent variables in the context of given research situations.
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Aibiike EsengulovaJul 10, 2024
Final Answer :
A
Explanation :
The first factor is the type of treatment provided to the students (rocky road ice cream, licorice, and chewy fruit-flavored candies). The second factor is the cohort of students (first semester of first year vs. first semester of second year). The dependent variable is the well-being of the graduate students. Therefore, the correct option is A) type of treatment; cohort; well-being.