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An Entertainment consulting agency wishes to study the effect of salary bonuses on employee performance. Specifically, they wish to find out if an annual bonus increases the number of signed clients. What does employee performance represent, in this case?

  1. research question
  2. independent variable
  3. dependent variable
  4. research design
Explanation

Answer: C - When studying the effect of salary bonuses on employee performance, employee performance is considered the dependent variable.

Key Takeaway: A dependent variable is a variable of interest to researchers in how it responds to certain conditions, or independent variables. In this example, salary bonuses are independent variables that could cause one of three changes in the dependent variable, employee performance: no change, increased performance, or decreased performance.

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