The dependent (outcome) variable in the research question, "Is the quality of life of nursing home residents affected by their functional ability or hearing acuity?" is which of the following?A) Quality of lifeB) Functional abilityC) Hearing acuityD) Residence in a nursing home

Health · High School · Tue Nov 03 2020

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A) Quality of life

In research, the dependent variable is the outcome of interest that researchers want to assess or measure to determine if it changes under different conditions. In your research question, "Is the quality of life of nursing home residents affected by their functional ability or hearing acuity?", the quality of life is what you are interested in studying as an outcome. You are measuring how it may be influenced by other variables, which in this case, are functional ability and hearing acuity. Therefore, the quality of life is the dependent variable because it depends on other factors.

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