SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Spurious Relationship, Caffeine

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Lisa Kowalchuk

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Identify the dependent and independent variables in this cause-and-effect question. Independent variable: would be the caffeine since it stimulates the body to be more focused and alert and overall make the person feel more awake. Dependant variable: would be productivity, because it measures the tolerance of how well a person can feel energized in whatever they are doing. State which research method you would use to collect data to answer this question, and justify your choice. I would conduct data research, because i feel like this method would help answer my question further because they are several ways to approach it and collect information; through means of age, gender, or even ethnicity. For example, from my experience, caffeine is mostly used within school for students to stay awake when needing to complete a task.