An educational researcher is interested in the relationship between
students' participation in two after school programs and academic
achievement. She states the following hypothesis in the description of her
study:Children who participate in an after school program that emphasizes
critical thinking skills will score higher on measures of academic
achievement and self-esteem than students who participate in a program
that emphasizes rote memorization.
What are the variables in this study? What would be good names for the
variables? Identify the independent variable(s) and dependent variable(s).
Describe how each variable varies (i. e., whether the variable is
categorical or continuous). Provide justification for why each variable
varies the way you describe?