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GATE 2024 XH5 (Psychology) – Question 46

Research Methods and Statistics · Designing Research: Research problems, purpose statement, variables and operational definitions, hypothesis, sampling · 2 marks · Multiple select

Independent variable(s) is/are also known as:

  1. Explanatory variable
  2. Explainable variable
  3. Exogenous variable
  4. Explicit variable

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Correct answer: (A) Explanatory variable; (C) Exogenous variable

Explanation

The independent variable is also called the explanatory or exogenous variable (or the predictor). “Explainable” and “explicit” are not used.