Homework: Homework 2.4 - MainLab The purch
The table below shows the federal minimum wages during several years. In what year was the purchasing power of the
minimum wage the highest? Explain.
than the
(Type inte
Year
1968
1974
1978
1981
1991
2007
2008
2009
Actual Dollars 1996 Dollars
$1.60
$7.21
$2.00
$6.37
$2.65
$6.38
$3.35
$5.78
$4.25
$4.90
$5.85
$4.42
$6.55
$4.77
$7.25
$5.12

Stu and ambrose are working together on a study of whether diet is related to students' mental health. first, they randomly select 10 students from the student center and 10 students from the office of counseling and psychological services. then, they ask students to rate their diet in terms of healthiness on a scale of 1-100 before completing a 20-item mental health survey. a) name one of the constructs being studied b) how was the construct you named above operationally defined in this experiment? e) was the variable you described above their independent variable, their dependent variable, or a controlled variable? d) what is a confounding variable? what is a potential confound in this study?