A researcher manipulates the amount of time participants view a list of words (1 vs. 4 minutes), and measures the number of words the participants are able to write down 10 minutes later. The researcher suggests that in-between the presentation time and the later recall of the words, the words are in participants' memory. The construct of "memory" in this example represents:

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Kamari Blake

30 January, 10:45

A researcher manipulates the amount of time participants view a list of words (1 vs. 4 minutes), and measures the number of words the participants are able to write down 10 minutes later. The researcher suggests that in-between the presentation time and the later recall of the words, the words are in participants' memory. The construct of "memory" in this example represents:

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Jovan Goodwin · Answer 1

intervening variable

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A hypothesis variable used to expound causal relationships between different variables is an intervention variable. In an experiment, intervening variables can not really be tested (this is why they are hypothesized). There is, for instance, a correlation between a poor person and a shorter life span.