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General Requirements - Identifying Variables:

In a study investigating the effects of humor on memory, Schmidt showed participants a list of sentences, half of which were humorous and half were non-humorous. Schmidt found that participants consistently recalled more of the humorous sentences than the non-humorous sentences, demonstrating that the use of humor increased participants' recall of sentences.

Directions - In an essay (250-500 words), address the following items:

· Identify the independent & dependent variable(s) for this study.

· Describe the scale of measurement used for the independent variable.

· Describe the scale of measurement used for the dependent variable.

· State the purpose of the research (i.e. Schmidt's purpose was to examine the effects of humor on memory),

· State the research question (i.e. Schmidt's research question was: What are the effects of humor on memory?),

· State the independent variable and the dependent variable for your study.

References attached

Schmidt, S.R. (1994). Effects of humor on sentence memory. Journal of Experimental Pyschology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 20(4), 953-967.

Ulloth, J.K. (2003). Guidelines for developing and implementing humor in nursing classrooms. Journal of Nursing Education, 42(1), 35-37.

White, G. W. (2001). Teachers' report of how they used humor with students perceived use of such humor. Education, 122(2), 337-348.