Please answer the question clearly. An organizational psychologist was intereste
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Please answer the question clearly.
An organizational psychologist was interested in the effects of clothing on how others perceive women's leadership ability. (He wanted to see whether women who wear business suits are perceived as possessing greater leadership ability than those who wear dresses.) He conducted an experiment in which participants worked on a task in 5-person groups. Unknown to the real participants, two of these five "participants" were actually experimental confederates ne confederate wore a business suit, and the other wore a dress. (The two confederates alternated who wore each outfit across experimental sessions.) After working on the task for 30 minutes, the "real" participants rated the two confederates on leadership ability. Results showed that the confederate who wore the business suit was consistently rated higher in leadership ability than the confederate who wore a dress, and the researcher concluded that clothing biases people's perceptions of women's leadership a. What was the independent variable? b. How many levels did the independent variable have? c. What was the dependent variable? d. Do you see any evidence of confounding? That is, is the researcher's conclusion warranted, or is there another possible reason why the confederates were rated higher in leadership when they wore the business suit? Explain your answer.Explanation / Answer
A. The independent variable is clothing.
B. There are two levels of the independent variable. These are dresses and business suits.
C. The dependent variable is perception of leadership ability.
D. The confounding variable in the study is the nature of how the confederates interacted with the participants in the task. If there is variation in how they carried out the tasks and communicated with the participants, it could impact the perception of their leadership ability.