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An example of an experimental design involves manipulating room lighting to examine its effects on workers' productivity. In this scenario, the lighting conditions (bright versus dim lights) represent the independent variable, while the workers' productivity is the measured dependent variable. If loud noise is present only when the lights are bright, that noise becomes a confounding variable because it varies systematically with the lighting, providing an alternative explanation for any productivity changes. However, if the noise is present equally under both lighting conditions, it is merely an extraneous variable that does not disrupt the ability to make causal conclusions about the lighting.

Example of an Experiment: Lighting and Worker Productivity

In an experiment where a researcher manipulates room lighting (bright versus dim) to examine its effect on workers' productivity, match each variable role to the correct example.

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